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European Explorers in North America

Learn about European explorers like Columbus, Cabot, and Hudson who paved the way for colonization in North America. Discover their expeditions and impacts on history.

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European Explorers in North America

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  1. Explorer and Colonization Unit By Michael Rinella, Revised for Marion Elementary 10/06 Mrinella 1/02

  2. Christopher Columbus • Sailed for Spain in 1492 • Explored the Caribbean Islands • He was looking for a route to India Spain

  3. John Cabot • Sailed for England in 1497 • Explored the Canadian and New England coastline • He was looking for the Northwest Passage England

  4. Giovanni da Verrazano • Sailed for France in 1524 • Was the first European to arrive in New York France

  5. Jacques Cartier • Sailed for France in 1534 • Traveled the St. Lawrence River from the Atlantic Ocean France

  6. Samuel de Champlain • Sailed for France in 1608 • Founded Quebec in 1608 and discovered Lake Champlain • Joined with the Algonkians in a battle with the Iroquois France

  7. Henry Hudson • Sailed for a Dutch Trading Company in 1609 • Sailed up the Hudson River as far north as Albany Holland

  8. Peter Minuit Dutch colonial governor of New Netherland who bought Manhattan Island from Lenni Lenape . 24 dollars? What a bargain!!

  9. Peter Stuyvesant • The governor of New Netherland who started a fire department and a night watch

  10. John Peter Zenger • Newspaper printer whose trial in 1734 was an important step toward freedom of the press

  11. In the 1600s, the Dutch first claimed land in what is now New York. They called this land “New Netherland”.

  12. The Dutch West India Company wanted colonists to go to this new areato trade furs with the Native Americans.

  13. The first permanent European settlement, called Fort Orange, was located in what is now Albany. Fort Orange

  14. In 1664, the British took over New Netherland from the Dutch without firing a shot! The British renamed it New York, in honor of the Duke of York.

  15. Life in New Netherland changed greatly when the British took over because:

  16. *more people came to live and settle in the colony

  17. *trade and business grew more profitable as more ships arrived in New York Harbor

  18. The British now owned most of the land along the Atlantic coast, which later became the 13 colonies.

  19. The End

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