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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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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