Europeans Settle North America Section 4 2 Coming

Europeans Settle North America Section 4 -2

Coming to America o o Spain claimed the route to the Pacific around South America Other European nations wanted to find an easier more direct route to Asia through North America

New France o o o Samuel de Champlain sailed up the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec, this became the capital of New France Most of the French settlers were priests or fur trappers who had little need for towns or to start families The fur trade was the main economic activity in New France

Jamestown o o o Was the 1 st English settlement in North America Got off to a bad start because the settlers were more interested in gold than in food The settlers recovered and gained a firm foothold in America

New England o o o Some religious groups came to North America to escape persecution in England The Pilgrims and Puritans set up colonies in order to have religious freedom The Puritans wanted to set up a model society for all Christians to follow

Europeans colonize America o o The Dutch and French established colonies based on commerce (to make money), they consisted of young men and very few families The English colonies were started for religious reasons and were made mostly of families

Conflicts Arise o o o As Europeans expanded across North America, they began to run into one another Fighting over land erupted between the Europeans The English ran the Dutch out of North America in order to colonize the Atlantic seacoast

The French and Indian War o o o After the English ousted the Dutch, the began to move West They collided with French holdings in North America and the two sides began to interfere with one another This led to the French and Indian which was part of the larger conflict known as the Seven Years War

The French and Indian War o The English defeated the French and pushed them North and out of the Ohio River Valley region

Native American Relations o o The French and Dutch practiced a more cooperative policy towards Natives (the natives did the trapping and traded the fur to the French and Dutch) The English tried to removed the natives from the land to have room to expand they did not tolerate the natives religious differences.