Colonies in North America
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Competing in North America Colony: region controlled by a foreign country French, English, Dutch, and Spanish want a claim in the New World
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New France Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec New France includes Great Lakes and Mississippi River valley New France is very large but has few inhabitants Main activity of colony is the fur trade
New England Lost colony of Roanoke, NC The Settlement at Jamestown, VA (1607) – Early years very difficult; many die, but settlement takes hold Puritans/Pilgrims settle Plymouth Rock, MA (1620) – Puritans/Pilgrims – group persecuted for religion
New Netherland In 1609, Henry Hudson explores waterways for Dutch Dutch claim land in (now) New York – Then NYC was called New Amsterdam Dutch focus on fur trade not on settlement – Welcomed settlers from other lands
New Spain Mexico + Florida Ponce de St. Augustine Hernan Cortes conquered Aztecs Georgia as penal colony
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England Victorious The English beat the Dutch – In 1664, Duke of York leads army and re-names the capital New York By 1750, about 1.2 million English settlers in 13 colonies
England Victorious continued England Battles France – English settlers, pushing west, collide with French – French and Indian War – French and Native Americans fight against the British “My enemy’s enemy is my friend” – In 1763, France loses to Britain, gives up its American colonies
The Caribbean English, Spanish, and French also start colonies in Caribbean Large cotton, sugar plantations worked by enslaved Africans
Native Americans Natives Fall to Disease – European diseases are more deadly than war Smallpox cause most fatalities – Colonists use enslaved Africans to work in place of Native Americans