Take Five Defending Hernan Cortes'. There are 2 sides to every story even in history. Unfortunately, the "bad guy" doesn't always get to tell his side. Look at the conquering of the Aztecs from the point of view of Cortes. Justify his actions.
England Arrives at the New World
Why wasn’t England originally involved in the race for the new world? The Protestant Reformation Martin Luther John Calvin
Martin Luther
John Calvin
How does Parliament react to the Protestant Reformation? Church lands are no longer exempt from taxes
How does the King react to Protestantism? King Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon Mary Tudor “Bloody Mary” Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon
“Bloody Mary”
Anne Boleyn
The “Virgin Queen”
The reign of Queen Elizabeth Privateers Sir Francis Drake Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raliegh The Lost colony of Roanoke CROATOAN The downfall of the Spanish Armada The downfall of Spain King Phillip II
Sir Francis Drake
The Spanish Armada
Queen Elizabeth (con’t) Renewed interest in colonization Promoters and investors Richard Hakulyt Sir Walter Raleigh Adventurers of capital East India Co.
Reasons for colonization Surplus population Poverty of the lower classes Enclosure system Strict criminal code
Other Europeans in the new world French Rough beginnings Fort Caroline Samuel de Champlain Quebec-”New France”
Other Europeans in the new world Dutch Dutch West Indies Co. Trading magnate Colonization of North America New Holland –”New York”
Other Europeans in the new world Spain in North America St. Augustine Monterey Santa Fe