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Period 1: : This period is basically everything that happened prior to the arrival of the English. The start of the period, 1491 (the year before Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue"), is really shorthand for "before the Europeans showed up." The end of the period is 1607, the year that the English landed in Jamestown, Virginia and founded the first permanent English settlement in the New World. In a nutshell, this period focuses on Native Americans and on early, non-English exploration of the New World, especially that of the Spanish. The big concepts for this period are: Native American societies, especially the way they adapted to their environments Spanish exploration and the affect it had on native populations (e.g., disease, warfare, the encomienda system) The Columbian Exchange Period 2: 2 : The next period is largely focused on European (including the British this time) exploration and settlement. The beginning date is the founding of Jamestown, as discussed above. The end date is the start of the French and Indian War, which totally changed the game in the British colonies. The big concepts for this period are: Motivations for and patterns of immigration by the Spanish, English, Dutch, and French Interactions between Europeans and Native Americans Characteristics of the 13 British colonies (including regional distinctions between the Southern, Middle Atlantic, and New England colonies