COMPETING FOR COLONIES 2 3 DO NOW SO
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COMPETING FOR COLONIES 2. 3 DO NOW: • SO FAR WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW THE SPANISH BEGAN EXPLORING THE AMERICAS. • WHAT OTHER COUNTRY WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO BEGIN EXPLORING THIS NEW FOUND LAND?
RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES • ROMAN CATHOLICS ARRIVED 1 ST! • LUTHERAN AND THE REFORMATION: • 1517 MARTIN LUTHER BROUGHT REFORM TO CATHOLIC CHURCH CALLED REFORMATION • LED TO PROTESTANTISM (DOESN’T ACCEPT POPE’S LEADERSHIP) AND CONFLICT FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES • RELIGIOUS RIVALRY IN EUROPE • 1533 ENGLAND LEFT CATHOLICISM AND BECAME PROTESTANT • SPAIN GETS MAD AND ATTACKS ENGLAND WITH AN ARMADA BUT ENGLISH SHIPS ARE TOO QUICK – ENGLAND WINS AND SPAIN NO LONGER CONTROLS THE SEAS! • RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES IN THE AMERICAS • CATHOLICS • SPAIN IN SW AND SE • FRANCE IN NE • PROTESTANT
SEARCH FOR THE NW PASSAGE NORTHWEST PASSAGE – DIRECT WATER ROUTE THROUGH THE AMERICAS • ENGLAND SENT JOHN CABOT BUT PROBABLY FOUND NEWFOUNDLAND • FRANCE SENT GIOVANNI DE VERRAZANO BUT SAILED NOVA SCOTIA DOWN TO THE CAROLINAS • FRENCH JACQUES CARTER SAILED UP ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND FOUND MONTREAL • NETHERLANDS SENT HENRY HUDSON SAILED UP HUDSON RIVER BUT TURNED BACK • 2 ND ATTEMPT HE FOUNDED HUDSON BAY
FRENCH AND DUTCH SETTLEMENTS • FRENCH INTERESTS – FISH/FURS FOR TRADE WITH NATIVE AMERICANS • 1633 NEW FRANCE BECAME A ROYAL COLONY • EXPLORING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER • 1670 S LOUIS JOLIET AND JACQUES MARQUETTE TRAVELED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VIA CANOE • 1682 ROBERT CAVALIER DE LA SALLE CLAIMED LOUISIANA FOR FRANCE • NEW FRANCE • ALONG ST. LAWRENCE RIVER • TENANT FARMERS WERE USED • FRENCH AND NATIVES GOT ALONG B/C THERE WAS NO THREAT TO EITHER PARTY • NEW NETHERLAND • 1621 DUTCH CREATED DUTCH WEST INDIE COMPANY TO RUN TRADE BETWEEN AMERICAS AND AFRICA
• HOW DID THE FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATIVE AMERICANS DIFFER FROM THAT FOUND IN THE SPANISH COLONIES? French Spain
TEST REVIEW I. WHO WAS THE FIRST FRENCH EXPLORER TO REACH NORTH AMERICA? II. WHERE DID COLUMBUS FIRST LAND WHEN EXPLORING? I. WHAT DID HE CALL THAT LAND? III. WHO EXPLORED THE AMERICAS ON BEHALF OF THE DUTCH? IV. WHAT MAN CONQUERED THE INCA? V. IN WHAT AREA OF FLORIDA DID THE FRENCH FIRST SETTLE?
IX. WHY DID THE PORTUGUESE DECIDE TO EXPLORE THE WORLD? X. WHAT HAPPENED WITH QUEEN ISABELLA AFTER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS RETURNED FROM HIS FIRST EXPLORATION? XI. WHAT WERE THE SHIPS THAT COLUMBUS USED TO SAIL TO AMERICA? 1. WHAT WAS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE SHIP? 2. WHAT WERE THE “NAMES” OF THEM? XII. WHAT AREA DID COLUMBUS MAP OUT? XIII. WHAT WAS PONCE DE LEON SEARCHING FOR WHEN HE WAS EXPLORING NORTH AMERICA?
