European Colonization of the Americas Review

These groups of colonists hoped to the Northwest Passage - a northern water route to Asia from Europe.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

These groups of colonists competed against each other in the fur trade.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

This group of colonists came to the Americas in search of "Gold, God, and Glory!"

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

This group of colonists included men whose nickname translates to "runners of the woods." They traded peacefully with the Native Americans and frequently married Native American women.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

This group of colonists bought Manhattan Island in what is now New York. They were extremely busy in trade and welcomed people of many nations, ethnic groups, and religions to their colony.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

Colonists in these groups participated in the enslavement of Africans who were forced to work in their colonies.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

Some colonists from this group came to America to gain the freedom to live and worship as they chose. (Freedom of Religion)

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

This group brought with them diseases that spread to the Native Americans and killed thousands in some areas and millions in others.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

In order to create more farmland to grow the crop of tobacco in NORTH AMERICA, this group cut down many trees. (Deforestation)

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)

This group's missionaries and explorers created many maps of the lands they explored in North America as they traveled as far inland as the Great Lakes.

• The English (England)

• The French (France)

• The Dutch (The Netherlands)

• The Spanish (Spain)