Regions Explored Spain Francisco Coronado explored Claimed the

Regions Explored

Spain § Francisco Coronado explored § Claimed the Southwest

France • Robert La. Salle • claimed the Mississippi Valley (La. Salle sailed the Mississippi) Samuel de Champlain established the French settlement of Quebec (Quit Complaining)

England n John Cabot explored eastern Canada

Spanish Interaction • Enslaved American Indians • Brought European diseases • Brought Christianity

French Interaction n n Spread Christian religion Established trading posts to trade furs

English Interaction o Established settlements and claimed land o Learned farming o Traded with American Indians o Spread Christianity

American Indians o Taught farming techniques to European settlers o Believed that land was to be shared or used but not owned

Areas of Cooperation in Economic Interaction • Europeans brought weapons and metal farm tools • Trade • Crops

Conflict with Indians Land – either took it or fought for it u Competition for trade u Disease u Language differences u

West Africa u Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa one after another from 300 to 1600 A. D.

Portugal • Explored West Africa • Ghana, Mali, and Songhai had become powerful by controlling trade in West Africa • Portuguese traded metal, cloth and manufactured goods for gold