1.   What explorer sailed around Africa to reach India?  What explorer is credited with sailing around the world?  What explorer conquered the Aztecs?  What explorer conquered the Incas? Bell Ringer

2.   Using your notes from the start of class until now write 2-3 paragraphs how the Unit on Renaissance and the Islamic gun powder empires connect to the Age of Explorations.  This is to be done individually!  You will have 20 minutes for this assignment. How do they connect?

3.   Ottoman Empire – Who were the leaders?  - What was significant about the empire?  Mughal Empire – Who were the leaders?  - What was significant about the empire? Recap

4.  What made the Explorations possible?

5.  Why were Europeans looking for a sea route?

6.  Who was the man that discovered America?

7.  Who was the explorer that sailed the St. Lawrence River?

8.   Giovanni da Verrazano – an Italian, who explored for France.  1524 – Sailed to America for a possible sea route to the Pacific.  He was unsuccessful but did discover what is today New York Harbor. New France

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10.   1534 – Jacques Cartier reached the gulf off the eastern coast of Canada that led to a broad river.  Named the river St. Lawrence.  Reached a large Island with a large hill and name it Mount Royal (modern day Montreal) New France

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12.   1608- Samuel de Champlain sailed up St. Lawrence river and claimed a region he called Quebec.  As the settlement grew it became known as New France. New France

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14.   1760 – European population of New France grew to 65,000.  A large number of French colonist had no desire to build or raise families.  Settlers included – Catholic priest seeking to convert the natives. Young, single men engaged in the fur trade.  Late 1500s – Hats from Beaver fur became popular in Europe. French were less interested in occupying territories and more into making money. New France: A trading Empire

15.   1606 – The Virginia Company of London obtained a charter from Kings James to establish a colony in America.  3 ships and approximately 107 settlers.  Named their colony Jamestown in honor of King James.  Start was disastrous.  Settlers were more interested in finding wealth than growing crops and hunting.  7 out of every 10 men died in the beginning of the colony. England: Jamestown

16.   1620 – Pilgrims established the second English colony.  Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Sought religious freedom.  Puritans also sought religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay colony.  Did better than Jamestown due to have women and children.  It ensured the population would reproduce itself. New England

17.   What did the new settlers see when walking up on Jamestown?  What saved Jamestown?  Who brought the tobacco seeds to Jamestown?  Where did they obtain the seeds from? Video Questions

18.   The Dutch established the Dutch East India Company in 1602.  Created to compete for trade in the Indian Ocean.  1609 – Henry Hudson (English) sailed for Netherlands.  Searching for a northwest sea route to Asia came across 3 water ways in the Americas.  Hudson river, Hudson bay, and Hudson strait. New Netherland

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20.   Dutch claimed the land along the 3 water ways.  Established a fur trade with the Iroquois Indians.  Built a trading post Fort Orange (modern day Albany) and on Manhattan island.  Dutch merchants quickly formed the Dutch West India Company.  1621 – Company was given permission to colonize the area.  To encourage settlement they welcome all- German, French, and Scandinavian New Netherlands

21.   So ethnically diverse it was referred to as “confusion of tongues”  Dutch had a reputation for religious tolerance.  - Jews, Muslims, Protestants and Catholics came to the colony. New Netherlands