Colonization

Colonization of The Americas

Who claimed the land??

Countries like France, England, and Spain were heavily involved in this era of exploration

​European Countries

The age of exploration took place between the 1400s and 1600s.

​The Age of Exploration

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Many Europeans wanted to capitalize, or take advantage, of the spice trade by finding a new route to Asia​

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Route To Asia

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The phrase “God, Gold, and Glory” is often used to describe _______________.​

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a motivation of Early European Explorers

• They wanted to acquire riches for their country

• They wanted to gain glory and pride for themselves and their country

• They wanted to find and use new technology from other lands

• They wanted to spread their religion to new people

Multiple Choice

A ______ is a settlement ruled by a distant country

• Colony

• Bahamas

• City

• Township

Spanish explorers, like Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce De Leon, helped expand Spain's empire in the Americas to spread Catholicism

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Spain in the Americas

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Multiple Choice

What was the main reason Span colonized the Americas?

• Bring cows to the new world

• Escape religious persecution

• Find Fur

• Spread Catholicism

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Where did the Spanish primarily explore and settle?

French explorers helped claim MASSIVE amounts of land in modern-day U.S and Canada. France came to the U.S for Fur
F=F, France=Fur

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France in the Americas

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Where did the French primarily explore and settle?

​The First English colony in the U.S was Jamestown.
English came to escape religious persecution.
Settled in the Eastern U.S

​England in the Americas

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Where did the English primarily explore and settle?

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Choose the 3 places where European countries colonized the Americas

Multiple Choice

Most of modern day Canada and Louisiana were colonized by which country?

• France

• Spain

• England

Multiple Choice

The East Coast of the United States were originally colonized by which country?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Multiple Choice

Which pair of actions completes the graphic organizer?

• 1 enslaved native populations 2 Organized utopian societies

• 1 established Catholic missions 2 focused primarily on fur trade

• 1 promoted political freedom 2 participated in the triangular trade

• 1 became commercial shipbuilders 2 created an early system of public schools

Multiple Choice

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

Multiple Choice

Which reason best completes this list?

• To spread democratic ideals

• To improve efficiency in manufacturing

• To locate potential military allies

• To claim new territory

Open Ended

Explain the main reason each of the following European countries colonized the Americas.

England, Spain, France.

Use the following sentence stem to answer your question:

England colonized the Americas because..........

France colonized the Americas because....

Spain colonized the Americas because.......