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In 1486, Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa.

The Black Death began in Constanople in 1347.

Major cities that emerged as a result of trade was Cahokia which at its peak in 1200 CE had a population of about 10,000.

In the first part of 8000 BCE most humans continued to support themselves.

In 1300 CE the Mexica established a city.

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The Mayan city "Tikal" was the the largest city of the entire Mayan empire.

The Algonquian  language group was the largest group to dominate the Atlantic seaboard all the way from Canada to Virginia.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Indians had an agricultural revolution.

Most regions Prior to the Europeans arriving in the Americas experienced a tremendous growth in population.

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Indians had specified duties for men and women, women were supposed to take care of children and cook meals while men were expected to hunt and farm.

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The woodland Indians had the most readily available food source across any region of the continent

The Mayans created a school and numerical system

Mexica {the Mayans} had a religion based on human sacrifice and worshiped multiple Gods

The Algonquian (considerably the largest group) dominated the Atlantic seaboard

The Bubonic plague killed a third of Europe's population

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Before European exploration, the Native Americans were a very diverse population in various places such as the Clovis people in Alaska, the Mayans in Central America and the Incas in Peru.

The Mayans gave light to many things we still use in modern society such a calendar, trade systems, and agricultural systems.

The Aztecs (Mexica) developed their religion based on a belief in human sacrifice.

Many natives relied on hunting, fishing and gathering to allow them to function as a society. They were able to remain independent and self-sufficient based on the self managed farming and trade.

The Aztecs established the earliest form of stable town or village with the introduction of public buildings and schools.

The Clovis people had the earliest forms of tools using stone tools to better adapt the way of hunting and making things.

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Natives roamed The New World

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Feudal Europe organized into unified countries.

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Nomadic tribes

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In parts of Europe that were weak they created centralized nation-states with national courts, armies, and tax systems

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Religion had many gods based around the natural world

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Before 1492, most early migrations came from humans crossing the Bering Strait.
The "Archaic" Period was when most humans began to support themselves through hunting and gathering.
Before 1492, most early Native American cultures were being established. For example the Mayan, Aztec and Incas.
Many empires built complex civilizations based on hunting, gathering, and fishing.
Before the arrival of Columbus, Native Americans were experiencing an agricultural revolution. In all regions of the US tribes were becoming more sedentary.

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The Mexica developed religion based on belief in human sacrifice. Unlike earlier societies in the Americas.

The Natives would set fire to the clear the land, then they would plant crops such as corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins.

The tribes were becoming very lazy and they were also developing new sources of food, clothing, and shelter.

The Black Death killed more than one third of the continent (Europe).It decreased there already limited economy.

The Spanish thought that it was time for the Indians to be infected by Smallpox.

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Food was mainly produced by hunting and gathering based on geographical location

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Most natives migrated from the north to the south like the Clovis People who migrated from Siberia across the Bering Land bridge into Alaska. From their they moved southward to warmer regions, including New Mexico. More recent archaeological evidence, however, suggests that not all early the early migrants came across the Bering Straight. Some migrants from Asia appear to have settled as far south as Chile and Peru before people started moving into North American land.

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When the Europeans arrived, most of the native population was wiped out by diseases since they were not immune.
As the Natives and the Europeans mixed new crops were introduced to both sides, as well as new techniques on how to farm.
When the Natives started leaning Spanish and Portuguese they combined it with their own languages creating new dialects.
Indian people were taken as slaves to work for the Portuguese and the Spanish.
New domestic livestock was introduced to the Natives

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Most elaborate early civilizations emerged in Mexico

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Tasks were divided between men and women(child rearing vs. hunting)

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People north of Mexico in the United States and Canada did not make large empires like the Mayans or Aztecs

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Technology consisted or bows and arrows, spears, clubs, etc depending on the tribe

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The Eskimos in the Arctic Circle fished

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Tribes in the Great Plains engaged in sedentary farming and stayed in permanent settlements

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Almost from the beginning, the English, the Dutch, and the French colonies in North America concentrated on establishing permanent settlement and family life in the New World. The Europeans in North America reproduced rapidly after their first difficult years and in time came to outnumber the natives. The Spanish, by contrast, ruled their empire but did not people it. Europeans would not be exploring the Americas at all without their early contact with the natives. From them they first learned of the rich deposits of gold and silver. After that, the history of the Americas became one increasing levels of exchanges. Some beneficial and some catastrophic among different people and cultures.

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Natives believed in many gods and practiced human sacrifice.

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Natives taught the European settlers to survive with farming methods better suited for Virginian soil and climate

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The Spanish wanted to convert the natives to Christianity

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Europeans were looking for a sea route to Asia.

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Community building was impossible for the first settlers because they didn't bring women

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In New England, there was a long life expectancy and an equal gender balance.

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Hernando Cortes and some troops went to Mexico on a expedition. While there he fought with the Aztecs and their ruler Montezuma. During the fighting he unknowingly unleashed diseases on the natives that were more devastating that his military attacks.

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New technology was introduced to the natives such as swords, armor, muskets, etc as well as horses for added mobility

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The Americans and the Natives had to learn how to live together by respecting one another and helping each other.

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In Virginia, there was a short life expectancy and unequal gender balance.

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Many colonists came over in search of religious freedom as well as gold and people to convert to Christianity

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In Georgia and South Carolina, the main crops were rice and indigo.

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Early explorers learned new farming techniques from the Natives.
During the beginning of exploration, many native tribes were affected and nearly destroyed by various diseases due to the Colombian Exchange.
The Pueblo Revolt was an event the occurred between the Native Americans and the Spanish in New Mexico. Spanish priests were challenging native practices.
Many people of various religions sought refuge to the Americas from religious persecution. An example of this would be the Puritans.
Most post Spanish conquistadors came to the Americas for the sole purpose of spreading Catholicism to the natives

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The natives(of Mexica) believed in many Gods,and also in human sacrifice.
During the late Archaic Period,as population groups developed new tools were made.
Farming was introduced in the late Archaic Period and agricultural settlements began to form.
The Inca and Mayan Empires, along with Mexica, grew in the South.
Native tribes in the Arctic circle used fishing to sustain themselves, along with Eskimos hunting seals.

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Early colonists were quickly killed by disease from the New World as well as famine because of their lack of emphasis on farming

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The Spanish established a fort in St. Augustine Florida that later became the first permanent settlement in what is now the United States.

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The Spanish Empire was primarily made up of natives in the new world.

The natives were struck hard by disease that the Europeans brought over.

The Indians taught the Europeans new farming techniques which led to the survival of the Europeans in America.

The Europeans introduced new crops to the Americas.

Most of the African men and women were taken  to the Americas to be used as slaves.

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The Europeans discovered maize in which became very important to the settlers among other foods such as Pumpkins, Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers, and Squash.

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In Virginia, the main crop was tobacco.

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The Great Awakening created a rift between New Light revivalists and Old Light traditionalists in New England

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The French came to North America they established their first permanent settlement at Quebec. While there they got into the fur trade with the Natives and had a pretty good relationship with them.

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Tobacco became a major cash crop in the Americas along with sugar cane in the islands.

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Tribes were developing new sources of food, clothing, and shelter.

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Gender imbalance was a problem in most colonies, however the problem was corrected by women being shipped over from Europe

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The Europeans brought many diseases and ended up killing majority of the indians

Aztechs were conquered by Cortes and the Conquistadors

Some natives were enslaved and forced to do agricultural labor

The Indians taught the Europeans how to cultivate the land and farm properly

Europeans taught some of the Indians their culture

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Natives owned most or all the land in North America

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Indentured servitude and slavery were a major source of work for plantations that produced cash crops

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The Natives taught the settlers at Jamestown their farming techniques, thus having a large part in Jamestown's Survival

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There was a rise in economic prosperity in Europe.

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Medical practices were in the beginning stages and women stepped up to fill the role of midwife

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Before 1492, the Natives lived freely and were not apart of slavery, indentured servantry, or labor systems

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The Europeans introduced new animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep, and horses

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Great awakening opened people to think for themselves and not just looking to God for answers

The enlightenment was a movement on people using human reasoning

There was a greater percentage in the colonies of people that could read and write than in Europe

There was a greater life expectancy  in the north than in the south

Women in the household had to obey everything that the man said

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The Spanish sent a group to establish themselves in the New World claiming land for Spain.

Families soon wanted to migrate to the new world for the wealth and new start. John Smith, with the Europeans, established a relationship with the Native people.

In 1614 John Rolfe married Pochontas establishing a connection with the native people and the white settlers.

Many colonies relied on the labor of the African slaves for the farming.

The Europeans greatly benefited from the help of the Natives. They helped them learn agricultural technologies to farm, the help in gathering and trading goods.

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The Europeans were introduced to gold and silver by natives.

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Tobacco was a big cash crop in the American Colonies

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The Europeans introduced many new diseases to the native people.

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Slavery was a very used way of labor in colonial America.

In the southern colonies, there main source of income was through agriculture.

The northern colonies specialized in shipping because their soil and conditions were not good enough to prosper from agriculture.

There was a more balanced sex ratio in the new world.  Women began showing up and giving birth to different kids and that balanced out the men to women ratio.

Another main source of economic prosperity was slavery. Many Africans were taken from their homes to be sold as slaves to wealthy land owners.

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Religion and politics often went hand in hand, especially in Puritan colonies

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In the Chesapeake, women and children had a high birth rate and a high mortality rate.
The Salem Witch Trials was viewed as hysteria in MA. Accused people included wealthy, widowed middle age women. Their independence challenged Puritan beliefs.
MA had a law that required every town to have a public school. Education rates were high among whites.
Less favorable climate led to the growth of many businesses.
The Great Awakening gave every person the opportunity to break away from the restraints of their pass and start a new relationship with God.

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Natives and Africans were starting to be used for cheap labor in the colonies to work on farms and other labor intensive jobs

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The Europeans relied on Natives as a labor source for commercial, agriculture, and mining enterprises.

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Many natives were enslaved or killed by Europeans.

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More African and Native Americans were being used to grow crops as they were cheap labor.
Tobacco became one of the most in demand crops that was grown in the colonies.
Many colonists were people who had fled to the colonies to escape religious persecution in Europe (England).
Battles were almost constantly being fought between the Natives and colonists over land, and Natives being treated unfairly by colonists.
The flintlock musket was introduced to Natives and colonists making battles between them have higher casulaties

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Benjamin Franklin won international fame with his experimental proof of the nature of lightning and electricity

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Many natives were driven off of their land, especially in British North America.

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The South was better known for its farming, with cash crops and slavery.

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The Spanish found a lot of gold and silver and made a lot of money.

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Incas had the largest empire in america, and the empire stretched over 2,000 miles.

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The Spanish conquered many civilizations in South America and Mexico.

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Colonists in the New World developed indentured servitude, a system practiced in England. Young men and women bound themselves to masters for a fixed term of servitude. Often they received passage to america, food, and shelter.

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Before people came to North America the Natives like all other people were experiencing an agricultural revolution.

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The early English settlers were members of upper class.

The New World had indentured servants.

Members forming the middle class who migrated to America for religious reasons.

Indentured servants remained an important source of population growth.

The soil was richer in the south, so it was better for crops.

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The Sex-Ratio was very unbalanced in the early 1600's later in the 1700's  the proportion was becoming more balanced between the men and women.

Slave Codes played and important role in limiting Africans rights and ensuring then to be at the absolute bottom of the social class.

The Great Awaking was a religious movement that resulted in the divison between "New light and Old light tradionalists."

The North had advancements in weapons and tools such as ironworks, silversmiths, goldsmiths and etc...

The Tobacco was the cash crop in high demands for the South.

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The North's environment was not good for farming so  they got more industrial with blacksmiths, cobblers, and iron works.

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The Natives were used as slaves, indentured servants, and laborers.

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Natives no longer owned their land and the Europeans took it

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Women were not treated equally as men were