Race for Empires

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Race for Empires
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I. England

• Northwest Passage
• John Cabot - basis for Englands claimed lands in
  N. America
• Henry Hudson - searched north (Canada) Hudson Bay
  is named after him
• Colonies
• charter - permission to start colony
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sent expedition to set up Virginia
• 2nd expedition to Roanoke - lost colony

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II. France

• Northwest Passage
• Jacques Cartier
• Sailed down St. Lawrence River to Montreal
• Areas claimed for France
• Samuel de Champlain
• Followed same path as Cartier
• Founded Quebec
• Set up as a fur trading post

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II. France (cont.)

• Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette
• French Missionaries
• Searched for Mississippi River
• Travelled as far south as Arkansas
• Robert de La Salle
• Followed MS River to Gulf of Mexico
• Claimed land for France name after King Louis
  XIV...
• Louisiana!

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II. France (cont.)

• Other French Trading Outposts (Fur!)
• Detroit (MI)
• New Orleans (LA)
• St. Louis (MO)
• Relations w/ Native Americans
• Close ties - for the fur trade
• Many learned the Indians languages
• Married into different tribes

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III. Dutch

• New Netherlands
• Area of present day NY, NJ, CT, and DE
• Island of Manhattan
• Bought by Peter Minuit for about 24!
• Minuit then established the city of New
  Amsterdam...
• New York!