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AP U.S. History: Period 1: 1491-1607

1.1 Contextualizing Period 1

1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

Primary Sources from Library of Congress

1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest

1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

Labor, Slavery, and Caste in Spanish America from Heimler's History

1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans and Africans

Jamestown from Library of Congress

1.7 Causation in Period 1

Causation in Period 1 from Khan Academy

Continuities of Period 1

Period 1 General Review

Period 1 Review from Gilder Lehrman Institute
U.S. History Primary Sources Timeline from Library of Congress