Europeans colonize

Europeans Colonize
North America

Parts of Southeast United States including Florida, Alabama and Georgia

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​Spanish

What motivated the Spanish to come to North America?

​Money

​Fame

​Religion

How did the Spanish treat the indigenous people?

Military force to achieve conquest.

Encomienda System made slaves of the natives in exchange for a Christian education.

Mainly 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Georgia.

​British Colonists

​What motivated the British to come to North America?

• Economic Opportunities

• Religious Freedom

• Political Freedom

​How did the British treat the indigenous people when they came to North America?

At first peaceful cooperation but later exploitation, conflict, and the significant harm inflicted upon Indigenous communities.

​What region of North America did the French settle?

​Canada, Louisiana, the Great Lakes Region and Hudson Bay.

• Trade opportunities

• Religious missionary work

• Access to resources

​What motivated the French to come to North America?

• trade relationships

• respectful

• ​military alliances

​How did the French treat the indigenous people when they came to North America?

Hudson River Valley where they established New Amsterdam which later became New York.

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​What region of North America did the Dutch settle?

​What motivated the Dutch?

• Economic Opportunities

• Expansion of Trade Networks

• Religious Tolerance

​How did the Dutch treat the indigenous people when they came to North America?

• Focused on doing trade.

• Maintained mutually beneficial relationships.

• Mostly peaceful.