Chapter 1: New World Encounters

Chapter 1: New World Encounters focuses on:


 * Native American cultures and how they were affected by European colonization of the New World
 * Motivations behind exploration and colonization

Section Headings:

 * 1) Introduction: Clash of Cultures: Interpreting Murder in Early Maryland (3)
 * 2) Native American Histories Before Conquest (4)
 * 3) The Environmental Challenge: Food, Climate, and Culture (5)
 * 4) Mysterious Disappearances (6)
 * 5) Aztec Dominance (7)
 * 6) Eastern Woodland Cultures (7)


 * 1) A World Transformed (9)
 * 2) Cultural Negotiations (9)
 * 3) Threats to Survival: Trade and Disease (10)


 * 1) West Africa: Ancient and Complex Societies (11)
 * 2) Europe on the Eve of Conquest (16)
 * 3) Building New Nation-States (16)


 * 1) Imagining a New World (17)
 * 2) Myths and Reality (18)
 * 3) The Conquistadores: Faith and Greed (19)
 * 4) From Plunder to Settlement (20)


 * 1) The French Claim Canada (22)
 * 2) The English Enter the Competition (23)
 * 3) Birth of English Protestantism (23)
 * 4) Militant Protestantism (24)
 * 5) Woman in Power (25)
 * 6) Religion, War, and Nationalism (26)


 * 1) Irish Rehearsal for American Settlement (26)
 * 2) English Conquest of Ireland (26)
 * 3) English Brutality (26)


 * 1) An Uncompromising Beginning: Mystery at Roanoke (27)
 * 2) Conclusion: Campaign to Sell America (28)