First European Settlements in North America

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First European Settlements in North America

• SOL
• History 3.2

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St. Augustine, Florida

• First permanent Spanish speaking colony
• Date started 1565

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Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Founder
• Appointed Governor by King Phillip II
• Instructed to drive out pirates and settlers from
  other nations

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Don Juan Ponce de Leon

• Spanish explorer and treasure hunter
• 1513 claimed land for Spain
• Named it La Florida Land of Flowers

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Natural Resources

• Good harbor
• Mild climate
• Coquina

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Reason for exploration

• To protect the trade from pirates

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Jamestown, Virginia

• First permanent English speaking colony.
• Date started 1607

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Captain John Smith

• First leader
• Said If you dont work, you dont eat.

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Captain Christopher Newport

• An English explorer
• Came over with Captain John Smith to Jamestown

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John Rolfe

• Responsible for growing a new type of tobacco

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Powhatan

• Native American leader of the Algonquin tribe.
• Father of Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

• Daughter of Powhatan
• Married to John Rolfe
• Reported to have saved the life of Captain John
  Smith

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Slavery and Indentured Servants

• Began because of high demand for tobacco

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Reason for exploration

• Get rich from natural resources
• Trade with the Virginia Company

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Quebec, Canada

• First permanent French speaking colony.
• Started in 1608

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Samuel de Champlain

• Founder of Quebec

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Reason for settlement

• To trade beaver furs

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Native Americans

• Hurons friends
• Iroquois - enemies

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Jacques Cartier

• Explorer
• 1535, Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River

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Common things for all colonists

• Settled along the coast because it offered a good
  port.

• Water was the natural resource all colonists
  depended on.