european exploration & settlement
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European Exploration & Settlement. 1. Spain France England 4. Netherlands. Columbus. Looking for a westward route to Asia , Columbus discovered America called the “New World”. Spanish Empire. Spanish Territories Caribbean Sugar Plantations Native Indians - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
European Exploration & Settlement
1. Spain2. France3. England 4. Netherlands
Columbus
Looking for a westward route to Asia , Columbus discovered America called the “New World”
Spanish Empire
Spanish Territories1. Caribbean
Sugar Plantations Native Indians African Slaves
2. South AmericaMissions to convert Native AmericansLooking for gold
3. North AmericaMission to convert Native AmericansLooking for gold
Spanish Relationship with Native Americans 4. Captured, killed and enslaved
many Native Americans.5. Many Native Americans
converted to Catholicism.6. Disease killed Native Americans.7. Learned from each other
New France
French Territories1. Canada2. Louisiana Territory and Mississippi
Territory
Very few Settlements3. Fur Trappers4. Harsh climate5. Best land for nobility
French Relationship with Native Americans6. They were business partners7. Good friends with the Huron
Native Americans8. European disease killed many
Native Americans
Jamestown First English Colony
Territories & Settlements 1. Newfoundland2. VirginiaLife in Jamestown3. Difficult4. Swampy with mosquitos5. Diseases6. StarvationRelationship with Native Americans7. Captain John Smith became
friends with Pocahontas8. When Pocahontas married
John Rolfe relations improved.
New Netherlands
Dutch TerritoryBought Manhattan Islandfrom Native AmericansLife in New Netherlands1. Fur trade2. 8,000 Europeans, African
Slaves and Jews seeking religious freedom settled there.
3. English drove the Dutch out and renamed New York.
Dutch relationship with Native Americans4. Friendly with the Iroquois
supplied with guns to fight the Huron.