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European Exploration and Settlement of America

European Exploration and Settlement of America. Period 1 AP U.S. History. Think About It. Explain the causes of European exploration and colonization in the Americas. Compare and contrast the developments and lifestyle of the Spanish, French, and English colonies in the North America.

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European Exploration and Settlement of America

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  1. European Exploration and Settlement of America Period 1 AP U.S. History

  2. Think About It • Explain the causes of European exploration and colonization in the Americas. • Compare and contrast the developments and lifestyle of the Spanish, French, and English colonies in the North America.

  3. Europe Before Exploration • Renaissance • Technological innovations • Growth of Nation-States • England, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland • Protestant Reformation and Religious Wars • Lutheranism • Calvinism • Predestination • Church of England aka Anglican Church • Catholic Counter-Reformation

  4. European Colonization • God, Glory, Gold • Spain • Christopher Columbus (1492) • France • Jacques Cartier (1534) • Dutch • Henry Hudson (1609) • England • Charter Colonies, Proprietary Colonies, Royal Colonies

  5. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

  6. European Colonies

  7. Columbian Exchange

  8. What do you see when you look at this coin? What might the European explorers see?

  9. Natives and Europeans “Our fathers had plenty of deer and skins, our plains were full of deer, as also our woods, and of turkies, and our coves full of fish and fowl. But these English have gotten our land, they with scythes cut down the grass, and with axes fell the trees; their cows and horses eat the grass, and their hogs spoil our clam banks, and we shall all be starved.” – Miantonomi, Narragansett sachem, 1642.

  10. The Spanish in America • Royal Colonies • Viceroys • Relations with Natives • Catholic Conversion and Missions • Pueblo Revolt (1680) • Labor • Encomienda System • Asiento System • Spanish Caste System

  11. The French in America • Royal Colonies • Jesuits and Catholic Conversion • Fur Trade • Coureurs de Bois (runner of the woods) • Native Relations • Trade Networks • Alliances • Intermarriage

  12. The English in America • Charters and Joint-Stock Companies • Population Growth • Indentured Servants • Native Relations • Early Native Assistance • Animosity and Exclusion • Anglo-Powhatan Wars • Pequot Wars (1636-1638) • King Philip’s War (1675-1678)

  13. Smallpox and Natives c. 1575-1580

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