Period 1 & 2 APUSH: PowerPoints & Lectures // AP U.S. History

Period 1 (1491-1607) & Period 2 (1607-1754) PowerPoint and Lecture aligned to 2019 APUSH / AP U.S. History Standards!

This BUNDLE contains lecture slides and lecture notes that align directly with AP US History Period 1 (1491-1607) and Period 2 (1607-1754). I've worked to make this PowerPoint informative, engaging, eye-popping, and fun!

Includes:

1. 2 PowerPoint Decks: Period 1 (5 sections, 100 distinct slides) and Period 2 (7 sections, 116 distinct slides)
2. 12 Separate Lecture Outlines: Organized lecture outlines with added detail, one page per APUSH topic

These PowerPoint decks are comprised of 11 separate lectures, each sold separately and linked below as well:

• Topic 1.2 - Native Cultures & Societies
• Topic 1.3 - European Exploration
• Topic 1.4 - Columbian Exchange
• Topic 1.5 - New Spain, Encomienda, & Caste
• Topic 1.6 - Cultural Interactions
• Topic 2.2 - European Colonization
• Topic 2.3 - British Colonial Regions Comparison
• Topic 2.4 - Transatlantic Trade
• Topic 2.5 - Native American Interactions
• Topic 2.6 - Slavery in the British Colonies
• Topic 2.7 - Colonial Society & Culture

Key Content covered is listed below. Note: I've erred on the side of detail in the PPTs and lectures, but the information is presented and organized in such a manner that it can be removed (or added!) as you see fit!

Topic 1.2: Native Americans

• Native American Early Migration (Bering Strait Land Bridge)
• Aztecs (Mexica)
• Inca Native Americans
• Great Plains Native Americans
• Pueblo Native Americans, American Southwest
• Iroquois Native Americans, Eastern Woodlands
• Impact of Geography on Native American Societies

Topic 1.3: European Exploration

• Changing European Context (Middle Ages > 16th Century)
• Protestant Reformation
• Spain, Portugal, France
• Christopher Columbus, motivations & voyages
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• 1513 Requerimiento
• Mercantilism
• Causes for Exploration & Conquest (new sources of wealth, economic & military competition, desire to spread Christianity)

Topic 1.4: Columbian Exchange

• Columbian Exchange
• Improvements in maritime technology (caravel, magnetic compass, sextant, astrolabe)
• Joint-stock companies
• Mercantilism
• Impacts of exchange on Europe, the Americas, and Africa

Topic 1.5: New Spain

• Encomienda system
• Repartimiento system
• Middle Passage
• African enslavement in the New World
• Caste system / casta system (peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattos, zambos)

Topic 1.6: Cultural Interactions

• Competing world views
• The debate over native treatment
• Bartolome de las Casas
• Juan de Sepulveda

Topic 2.2: European Colonization

• Comparison of French, Dutch, Spanish, and English Colonies
• Spain: Goals, Santa Fe, Ranchos, Pueblo Revolt, interactions with Native Americans
• France: Goals, Quebec, fur trade, intermarriage, expansion, interactions with Native Americans
• Netherlands: Goals, New Amsterdam, Trade, intermarriage, interactions with Native Americans
• England: Goals, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, interactions with Native Americans

Topic 2.3: British Colonial Regions Comparison

• Comparison of the Colonial Regions (13 Colonies)
• New England Colonies (Climate, Economy, Social Structure, Racial Breakdown)
• Middle Colonies (Climate, Economy, Social Structure, Racial Breakdown)
• Chesapeake Colonies (Climate, Economy, Social Structure, Racial Breakdown)
• Southern Colonies (Climate, Economy, Social Structure, Racial Breakdown)
• Salutary Neglect
• Self-Government (Town Meetings, House of Burgesses)

Topic 2.4: Transatlantic Trade

• Mercantilism
• The Atlantic Economy and Transatlantic Trade
• The Middle Passage
• The Navigation Acts
• The Beaver Wars
• Impacts on Native Americans

Topic 2.5: Native American Interactions

• Broad interactions between Native Americans and European colonists
• Praying Towns
• Disease (smallpox and measles)
• Military Confrontations
• King Philip's War (Metacom's War)

Topic 2.6: Slavery in the British Colonies

• Historical Context of Slavery
• The Middle Passage Experience
• 1619
• Roots of Racism
• Slave Codes
• Methods of resistance
• Stono Rebellion

Topic 2.7: Colonial Society & Culture

• Pluralism in the Colonies
• First Great Awakening and its impacts
• The Enlightenment
• John Locke and Francis Bacon
• The Anglicization of the Colonies
• Royal Colonies
• The Glorious Revolution
• Jacob Leisler & Leisler's Rebellion
• Nathaniel Bacon & Bacon's Rebellion
• American Identity