III English French Colonies A North American Colonies

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III. English & French Colonies

III. English & French Colonies

A. North American Colonies 1. labor question biggest concern 2. initially solved with indentured

A. North American Colonies 1. labor question biggest concern 2. initially solved with indentured labor (white Europeans) 3. 80% of immigrants to Virginia & Maryland came on 7 year labor contracts for passage, land, tools, clothes 4. French colonists looking for mineral wealth (gold), while British seeking “N. W. passage” to Indies

B. New France 1. voyages of Jacques Cartier (1524 -42) 2. hopes of mineral

B. New France 1. voyages of Jacques Cartier (1524 -42) 2. hopes of mineral wealth (‘fools gold’) 3. first settlement: St. Lawrence River establishing Quebec 1608 (by 1673 only 7, 000 French) 4. ‘wealth’ found in Amerindian’s furs

French-Native American Conflict 1. no conquest but access to trade pushed wars with Amerindian

French-Native American Conflict 1. no conquest but access to trade pushed wars with Amerindian tribes 2. France allied with Huron & Algonquin tribes against Iroquois Confederacy – supplied arms, armor, & men

Fur Trade in New France French in Canada depended on fur trade. Traders depended

Fur Trade in New France French in Canada depended on fur trade. Traders depended on participation of Amerindian trappers and traders, knowledge of canoe building, and assistance with transport along difficult river systems and over harsh terrain.

French in Louisiana 1. French expanded west and south: Louisiana (1699) 2. based on

French in Louisiana 1. French expanded west and south: Louisiana (1699) 2. based on fur trade (deer) 3. Seven Years’ War (1756 -63), or French-Indian War, fought mostly in N. America over British expansion; considered 1 st “world” war 4. England took Quebec (1759) 5. Treaty of Paris gave Canada & Florida to the English & Louisiana to Spain

Geography of the Seven Years’ War

Geography of the Seven Years’ War

Before and After the Seven Years War Between France and Britain

Before and After the Seven Years War Between France and Britain

B. British in North America 1. Early experiments: – Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1580 s):

B. British in North America 1. Early experiments: – Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1580 s): Newfoundland – Sir Walter Raleigh (1585): Roanoke Island, N. Carolina – Roanoke resettled 1587 -- no one survived – English also ‘colonized’ Ireland (1566)

British Settlers Arrive in North America

British Settlers Arrive in North America

Jamestown Colony: 1. London investors organized ‘The Virginia Company’: sent settlers to Jamestown 1606,

Jamestown Colony: 1. London investors organized ‘The Virginia Company’: sent settlers to Jamestown 1606, 1609 2. 80% died within 15 years (disease & Amerindian attacks) 3. 1624 company dissolved 4. settlers dispersed along Chesapeake Bay: furs, timber, tobacco 5. use of white indentured servants for labor

‘The South’ 1. settlers from Virginia moved into n. Carolina: --economy based on tobacco

‘The South’ 1. settlers from Virginia moved into n. Carolina: --economy based on tobacco & timber --s. Carolina settled by British planters from the Caribbean (1670) --new capital Charlestown attracted diverse immigrants --economy tied to West Indies

C. The Dutch in ‘New Netherland’ 1. Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan Isle

C. The Dutch in ‘New Netherland’ 1. Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan Isle from Amerindians & established a colony (1624) 2. Established alliances with Iroquois (enemies of French in Canada) to access fur trade 3. 1664 surrendered to British, taken over by Duke of York: New Netherlands became New York 4. New York economy: Atlantic shipping 5. attracted Germans, Dutch, Swedish settlers

D. The British in New England 1. 1600 -1630 ‘New England’ settled by: –

D. The British in New England 1. 1600 -1630 ‘New England’ settled by: – Pilgrims at Plymouth; strict religious community & absorbed into larger Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 – Puritans founded joint stock Massachusetts Bay Company (migrants arrived with whole families) – more urban (Boston), more “American”, & economy based on commercial shipping & financial services

E. Pennsylvania 1. William Penn granted colony as refuge for Quakers (1682) 2. Successful

E. Pennsylvania 1. William Penn granted colony as refuge for Quakers (1682) 2. Successful economy based on trade 3. Philadelphia attracted German immigrants & freed & slave blacks

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