Hernan Cortez

Ponce de Leon

Cabeza de Vaca

Hernando de Soto

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Traded with Native Americans & treated them with respect. Native Americans did not see them as a threat.

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Settled along the east coast of North America.

Jamestown 1607

Plymouth 1620

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To find gold

Glory for King & Queen

Missionaries spread Christianity

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Settled along the St. Lawrence River.

West of the Appalachian Mts. to the Mississippi River & New Orleans

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Initially relied on Native Americans for survival.

Over time, relations grew hostile between settlers & native populations.

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Settled in Southeastern (Florida) U.S. and Southwestern (Texas, California, New Mexico) U.S.

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John Cabot

Capt. John Smith

The Pilgrims

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Find Northwest Passage

Natural Resources such as FUR

Missionaries spread Christianity

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Giovanni de Verrazano

Jacques Cartier

Louis Joliet

Jacques Marquette

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