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Colonial Notes

Colonial Notes. Miss Bucella Colonial Unit. What was in America?. Opportunity Mobility Freedom Liberty. Why be a colonist?. A new place to live New jobs A place to be free New opportunities. What were they leaving behind in Europe?. Hard times Rigidity Restraint Persecution.

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Colonial Notes

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  1. Colonial Notes Miss Bucella Colonial Unit

  2. What was in America? • Opportunity • Mobility • Freedom • Liberty

  3. Why be a colonist? • A new place to live • New jobs • A place to be free • New opportunities

  4. What were they leaving behind in Europe? • Hard times • Rigidity • Restraint • Persecution

  5. Motives… • The Europeans had good motives for leaving Europe. • What is a motive? • A reason for doing something

  6. Persecution… • Many Europeans left because of persecution • What is persecution? • Mistreatment of a group based on something that makes them different than most others (race, religion, gender…)

  7. Three Countries…Three New Settlements • France • Spain • England

  8. New Spain • The Spanish settled in the Southwest of the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands • MOTIVE - Wanted to get gold, slaves for plantations, and sugar plantations

  9. New Spain, Cont. • King of Spain was in charge of Spanish lands • Conquistadors (Spanish soldiers) and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America

  10. New France • The French settled in all of Canada, near the St. Lawrence River, around the Great Lakes, and west of the Mississippi. • The capitol was Quebec in Canada.

  11. New France, Cont. • MOTIVE - Main source of money was through the fur trade • Traders, trappers, and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America

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