Unit 1: European Exploration & Colonization

What year was the first permanent English settlement Jamestown, Virginia founded?

What year did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth and sign the Mayflower Compact?

Christopher Columbus set out to discover a new sea route to Asia known as the...

Why did European explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

• To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

• To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• To find the legendary waters of the Fountain of Youth

• To discover a new sea route to Asia

Why was the INITIAL reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• To find new trade routes to Asia

• To form military alliances

• To spread Christianity to Africa

• To find new sources of cheap labor

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Spanish Colonization

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(b) French Colonization

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(c) English Colonization

• Participated in the Fur Trade

• Originally searched for gold but found none.

• Colonized Southwestern part of North America & what is today Florida

• Escaping religious persecution (religious freedom)

• Conquered the Aztec and the Inca finding Gold and Silver

• Converted Native Americans to Catholicism

• Settled along the Atlantic Coast of North America

• Settled in the Western and Northern part of North America

• Missionaries attempted to convert Native Americans to Christianity

Where did the Spanish colonize in North America?

Where did the French colonize in North America?

Where did the English colonize in North America?

Motives for European Exploration and Colonization

Groups:

(a) Social/Religious

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(b) Economic

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(c) Political

• Escaping Religious Persecution

• Expanding Your Empire

• The Fur Trade

• To Increase Wealth

• Claiming New Territory

• Searching for Gold and Silver

• Religious Freedom

• Spreading Christianity

• Harvesting Tobacco on a Plantation