18th Century Social and Economic Change
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New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1769 Chapter 1 American and Arizona History * * Overview Recorded history starts about 6,000 year ago Middle Eastern cultures About 500 years ago, European explorers arrive in the Americas Arrival of Europeans in the Americas affected four continents forever * * Chapter Themes Discoverers of America were small bands of hunters who crossed the Siberian land bridge Europe?s demand for Eastern luxuries prompted the exploration of trade routes to reduce expenses for those goods Portuguese and Spanish explorers conquered much of the Americas fostering a ?collision of worlds? affecting Europe, the Americas and Africa * * The Shaping of North America Earth was one supercontinent 225 million years ago All of world?s dry land
