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First European Settlements in North America. SOL History 3.2. St. Augustine, Florida. First permanent Spanish speaking colony Date started 1565. Pedro Menendez de Aviles. Founder Appointed Governor by King Phillip II Instructed to drive out pirates and settlers from other nations.
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First European Settlements in North America SOL History 3.2
St. Augustine, Florida • First permanent Spanish speaking colony • Date started 1565
Pedro Menendez de Aviles • Founder • Appointed Governor by King Phillip II • Instructed to drive out pirates and settlers from other nations
Don Juan Ponce de Leon • Spanish explorer and treasure hunter • 1513 claimed land for Spain • Named it La Florida “Land of Flowers”
Natural Resources • Good harbor • Mild climate • Coquina
Reason for exploration • To protect the trade from pirates
Jamestown, Virginia • First permanent English speaking colony. • Date started: 1607
Captain John Smith • First leader • Said “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.:
Captain Christopher Newport • An English explorer • Came over with Captain John Smith to Jamestown
John Rolfe • Responsible for growing a new type of tobacco
Powhatan • Native American leader of the Algonquin tribe. • Father of Pocahontas
Pocahontas • Daughter of Powhatan • Married to John Rolfe • Reported to have saved the life of Captain John Smith
Slavery and Indentured Servants • Began because of high demand for tobacco
Reason for exploration • Get rich from natural resources • Trade with the Virginia Company
Quebec, Canada • First permanent French speaking colony. • Started in 1608
Samuel de Champlain • Founder of Quebec
Reason for settlement • To trade beaver furs
Native Americans • Hurons – friends • Iroquois - enemies
Jacques Cartier • Explorer • 1535, Cartier sailed up the St. LawrenceRiver
Common things for all colonists • Settled along the coast because it offered a good port. • Water was the natural resource all colonists depended on.