Exploration

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Exploration Colonization The World Comes to
the Americas

• U.S. History

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Review Questions - 1

1. Why did European nations seek new trade routes to
   Asia and Africa?
2. What impact did the discovery of the New World
   (Americas) have on the Old World
   (Europe/Africa)?
3. How did the Americas change due to contact with
   the Old World?

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Christopher Columbus

• 1492 first trip financed by Spain
• Made 4 voyages in total
• Believed he had discovered route to Asia
• Led to permanent contact between Old and New
  Worlds

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Other Nations Soon Follow

• England, France, and the Netherlands soon
  competed with Spain for control of the New
  World of the Americas.
• All wanted to build great empires using the
  wealth (gold and silver) and products (raw
  materials and cash crops) from the Americas.

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Spanish Empire

• Spain built largest and richest empire
• Conquistadors and explorers expanded Spains
  control
• European diseases and brutal treatment of
  indigenous natives killed millions
• Spanish colonized New World and tried to
  convert Natives to Christianity

The Spanish Empire at its Height
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Spanish Legacy for U.S.

• First permanent colony in the U.S. St.
  Augustine, Florida (1565)
• Cultural influence in Southwest Texas,
  California, Arizona, New Mexico
• Founded cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco,
  San Diego, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, San Antonio as
  Catholic missions

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New France

• French empire built on trade and fur trapping
  not colonization
• Exploration began in Canada, spread into Great
  Lakes and Mississippi River areas
• Treated Natives much better than Spain did
  trading partners and new converts to Christianity

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French Legacy for U.S.

• Explored and mapped much of Midwest
• Cultural influence in Great Lakes area Michigan,
  Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Louisiana
• Founded cities like Chicago, New Orleans,
  Detroit, St. Louis, Green Bay, Mobile as trading
  posts

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Review Questions - 2

1. What areas of the future U.S. did the Spanish
   explore and colonize?
2. What areas of the future U.S. did the French
   explore and colonize?
3. Name three American cities founded by the
   Spanish
4. Name three American cities founded by the French
5. Name two similarities and two differences between
   the French and the Spanish Empires in North
   America

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New Netherland

• Established for fur trade with Natives
• Main settlement was New Amsterdam
• Open to all settlers provided religious
  tolerance
• Captured and renamed by English in 1670s

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Dutch Legacy for U.S.

• New Amsterdam became New York City
• Cultural influence in New York area place names
  like Harlem, Bronx, Brooklyn
• Dutch folklore became early American literature
  Rip van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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English Colonies

• England had colonies in Canada, present-day U.S.,
  Caribbean
• American colonies established for differing
  reasons like religious freedom, economic
  opportunity
• Jamestown, Virginia (1607), Plymouth,
  Massachusetts (1620) - first English colonies in
  America

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English Colonies

• Colonies grew and became vastly different from
  each other economics, religion, social
  structure, relations with Natives
• Regional differences developed New England,
  Middle, Southern colonies
• English king ruled colonies through appointed
  Governors
• Some colonies had elected legislatures

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Review Questions - 3

1. The Dutch influenced what area of the present-day
   U.S.?
2. What was similar between the Dutch and the French
   colonies?
3. What were the three regions of English colonies
   in America?
4. Name the first two permanent English settlements
   in the Americas