Struggle for North America

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Struggle for North America
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Warm-Up

• Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
• Who conquered the Incan Empire?

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Building New France

• Samuel de Champlain built the first permanent
  French settlement in Quebec
• Hoped to spread Christianity to the natives
• Frances American empire reached from Quebec to
  the Great Lakes to Louisiana
• Officials oversaw economic activities
• Protestants were prohibited from settling in New
  France

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The 13 English Colonies

• First permanent colony Jamestown, Virginia. 1607
  
• Settlers grew exported tobacco
• Pilgrims Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Protestants who rejected the practices of the
  Church of England
• Seeking religious freedom
• Mayflower Compact Important early step towards
  self-government

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Growth of 13 Colonies

• Some established for commercial ventures, others
  as religious havens
• Africans brought to 13 colonies sold as slaves
• Royal English governors oversaw colonial affairs

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Competing for Power
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Competing for Power

• Spain, France, England Netherlands all
  competing for colonies
• British French Rivalry Britain and France were
  bitter rivals
• France held more territory, British had more
  people
• French Indian War- between Britain France for
  N. American land
• Treaty of Paris- British won control of Canada
  British dominance in N. America

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Impact on Native Americans

• Native Americans resisted Europeans fighting
  resulted
• Gradually, Native Americans were pushed westward
• Population plummeted
• Native American way of life helped shape culture
  Learned to grow new food medical knowledge

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Triangular Trade
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Triangular Trade

1. Merchant ships brought goods to Africa to be
   traded for slaves
2. Middle Passage- Slaves were transported to the
   West Indies, where they were exchanged for sugar,
   molasses other products
3. Sugar, molasses other products shipped to
   Europe or European colonies in the Americas

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Horrors of the Middle Passage

• Africans were packed below the decks of slave
  ships
• Men, women children were crammed into a single
  vessel
• Up to ½ the Africans on board died from disease
  or mistreatment
• In 1500s, about 2,000 enslaved Africans were sent
  to the Americas each year
• By 1780s (slave trade at its peak), 80,000
  Africans sent to Americas each year