Chapter+1+Reading+Objectives

After reading Chapter 1 in __American Pageant__, you should be able to:

1. Explain the developments in Europe and Africa that led Columbus to explore America. 2. Explain the changes and conflicts that occurred when the diverse worlds and peoples of Europe, Africa, and the Americas collided after 1492. 3. Describe the Spanish conquest of Mexico and South America, and of the later Spanish colonial expansion into North America. 4. Describe the major features of Spain's New World Empire, including relations with the Native American populations.

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