chapter 3 powerpoint presentations
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Chapter 3 goes along with Prentice Hall's The American NationTRANSCRIPT
An Era of ExplorationChapter 3.1
The Impact of Columbus
Gave hope for riches in a new landTrade began between East and West
Other Spanish ExplorersBalboa- crossed PacificMagellan- circumnavigated the globe
Other Spanish Explorers
DeSoto- FL to the MS River
Coronado-Arizona & New Mexico
Spain Builds an EmpireChapter 3.2
Spanish Conquistadors
Cortes defeated the Aztecs
they wrongly trusted him
they caught deadly diseases from his crew.
Pizarro defeated the Incas because of too much fighting between themselves.
Settling “New Spain”
3 Kinds of settlementsPueblosPresidiosMissions
4 Social ClassesPeninsularesCreolesMestizosIndians
Spanish gov’t gave land grants (encomiendas) to settlers.
They demanded hard labor from the Natives.
A priest named Bartolome de las Casas spoke up about mistreatment of the natives.
In his attempt to help them, he turned colonists toward Africa for labor.
Africans were brought over as slaves on plantations on sugar plantations in the Caribbean and Brazil.
Colonizing North AmericaChapter 3.3
Northwest Passage
A direct water route to Asia was not found, so Europeans began to find ways to profit from the natural resources of America.
Religious Rivalries
In 1517 Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation.
Religious Rivalries
Spanish and French monarchs remained Catholic, while English and Dutch monarchs were Protestant.
Religious Rivalries
In the 1530’s England and others set an established church, persecuting those who did not follow. (section 5)
New France
Samuel de Champlain set up a trading post at Quebec.
New France
France profited from fishing, trapping, and trading.
New France
Coureurs de bois were excellent trappers and traders, not settlers.
New NetherlandThe Dutch settled along the Hudson River.New Amsterdam became New York much later.
Furry Problem
Dutch and French created alliances with Indian groups to compete for control of fur trade.
Building the Jamestown ColonyChapter 3.4
Jamestown 1607
Seemed doomed at 1st… settlers were more interested in getting gold than growing crops.
Jamestown 1607
By 1619, tobacco had become profitable. Women & Africans were sent to Jamestown.
Jamestown 1607
The settlers began tradition of representative gov’t (House of Burgesses).
Seeking Religious FreedomChapter 3.5
Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of England, & they came to America on the Mayflower.
They set a precedent for religious freedom in our country.
They signed the Mayflower Compact to set up a gov’t with laws that would be for the good of the colony.
Problems/Help in Plymouth
They arrived too late in the season to plant.
Squanto and other natives helped the Pilgrims to plant and hunt native species.