Other European nations challenge spain in the Americas!! The Race for empires Other European nations challenge spain in the Americas!!

Vocabulary and Key Terms Protestant Reformation Protestants Spanish Armada Northwest Passage Charter Key Figures Jacques Cartier

Someone should name a religion after this Guy!! Martin Luther’s Criticism of the Catholic Church leads to the Protestant Reformation The Invention of the Printing Press led the Protestants to spread their ideas of a simpler Religion easier Conflicts over religion led to conflict between Catholics and protestants in France and England

Teaching Sea Dogs new tricks King Phillip II leads a movement to drive the protestants out of England but is blocked by the sea dogs The Spanish Armada was sent to destroy the Anglican church but sir Francis drake and the sea dogs defeat the Spanish armada The defeat of the Spanish armada, and high inflation caused by gold, led to the weakening of Spain and a challenge to their power

No Safe Passage The Search for the Northwest Passage leads to exploration of north America John Cabot lead an expedition for the Northwest passage which led to England’s claims in Canada Giovanni Verrazano explored North America from North Carolina to Maine for France Jacques Cartier founded many of the Lands along the St. Lawrence River for France Explorer Henry Hudson explored much of present day new York for the Dutch and English

Unsolved Mystery While Spain and Portugal Focused on South America the English French and Dutch explored north America Sir Walter Raleigh was given a charter and founded settlements in Virginia and North Carolina Raleigh would send another group of settlers to America and found Roanoke Roanoke would fail and the fate of the colony would be a mystery

The French Connection After their defeat in Florida the French Start to claim lands in Canada Samuel de Champlain followed cartier’s routes and founded a trade post in Quebec French Missionary Jacques Marquette Travelled down the Mississippi River and founded lands around present day Arkansas

French Toasted Rene-Robert De La Salle Traveled to the gulf of Mexico and founded Louisiana in honor of king louis Xiv The French would build outposts in Detroit St. Louis and New Orleans leading to a Strong fur trade in the Americas The French would treat the Native Americans better than English settlers and in some ways adopted their way of life

If a girl founded it would it be Womanhattan? The Dutch started to explore present day new York, new jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware calling it New Netherlands Peter Minuit would buy the Manhattan Islands from the Native Americans for about 24 dollars The Dutch would later conquer new Sweden for the Dutch completing their north American empire

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