AP U.S. History / Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
1.7 Causation in Period 1
Notes
Causes: European competition, technology and religion. Effects: the Columbian Exchange, Native population collapse, the Atlantic slave trade, new hierarchies, and European empires in the Americas.
Practice
A long-term effect of Period 1 developments:
Labor demand.
European wealth from the Americas helped:
Silver and new crops.
A cause of Native population decline:
No immunity.
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