Time Period #1 [1491 to 1607]
Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged
Pre Columbian
From Pangaea to Paradise - The Americas Before European Conquest [1491]
To the Ends of the Earth: The Age of European Exploration and Discovery
The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492
Spanish Exploration
Devils in the Desert: Spanish Exploration and Conquest [1500-1620]
Encomienda: Indigenous Labors Systems in New Spain
The Spanish Mission System – “A Wealth of Souls to Harvest”
French, Dutch and Early English
The French and the Dutch, in the New World 1524 to 1608
Gentlemen in the Wilderness - The Planting of English America [1588 – 1607]
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