Religious Conflicts Protestant Church Economic Conflicts Mercantilism colonies existed to make the home county wealthy and powerful Spanish Armada King Philip assembled fleet of 130 warships to force Queen Elizabeth from the throne ID: 572360
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Europeans Compete in North AmericaSlide2
Religious ConflictsProtestant Church
Economic Conflicts
Mercantilism: colonies existed to make the home county wealthy and powerfulSpanish ArmadaKing Philip assembled fleet of 130 warships to force Queen Elizabeth from the throne
Conflicts in EuropeSlide3
John Cabot
set out for Asia, never made it, landed in North America
Voyages focused on finding northwest passage: a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America
Giovanni da Verrazano
Searched for the passage for FranceDiscovered mouth of the Hudson River and New York Bay
VoyagesSlide4
Jacques Cartier
made three trips for France
Discovered St. Lawrence River and explored itHenry Hudson4 voyages
Reached New York and explored up the river
VoyagesSlide5
Samuel de Champlain
11 voyages to explore and map lands along St. Lawrence River
Established QuebecIn the New France colony it was peacefulTraded with Native Americans
rather than force labor
Established an alliance: an agreement between parties that benefits them both
Fish and furs
Trading post
New FranceSlide6
Jacques Marquette
Founded two missions along the Great Lakes
Canoed down the Mississippi River looking for passageStopped when decided it didn’t go to the oceanLa Salle later explored it, saw it went to Gulf of Mexico and
claimed Mississippi Valley for France
Named Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
New FranceSlide7
1610
Dutch traders
arrived in Hudson River Valley and traded with Native AmericansDutch West India CompanyEstablished permanent colony
Patroon
landownershipSettlers arrived and settled in Fort Orange (Albany)Another
group settled at the mouth of the Hudson River
Peter Minuit purchased the island from Native Americans
“New Amsterdam”
New NetherlandSlide8
Kept English from moving westward
English forces seized
in 1664New territory was renamed New YorkNew Netherland