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Notes 20.2 “European Nations Settle North America”

2. European Nations Settle North America
Several European nations fight for control of North America, and England emerges victorious.

3. Section 2: European Nations Settle North America
Competing Claims in North America
Other European Claims in North America
French, English, Dutch start colonies in North America
Explorers Establish New France
Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
New France—French colony in North America
New France includes Great Lakes and Mississippi River valley
A Trading Empire
New France is very large but has few Inhabitants
Main activity of the colony is the fur trade

4. European Nations Settle North America
The English Arrive in North America The First English Colony
King James permits investors to start North American colony
In 1607, colonists found Jamestown—English settlement in Virginia
The Settlement at Jamestown
Early years very difficult; many die, but settlement takes hold
Puritans Create a “New England”
Pilgrims—group persecuted for religion—found Plymouth in 1620
Puritans—group seeking religious freedom—settle in Massachusetts
Many families in Massachusetts colony, which begins to grow

5. European Nations Settle North America
The Dutch Found New Netherland
In 1609, Henry Hudson explores waterways for Dutch
Dutch claim land, found New Netherland—now Albany and New York City
Dutch focus on Fur Trade; welcome settlers from other lands
Colonizing the Caribbean
European nations also start colonies in Caribbean
Large cotton, sugar plantations worked by enslaved Africans

6. The Struggle for North America
The English Oust the Dutch
New Netherlands splits northern, southern English colonies
In 1664, English force Dutch colonists to surrender control
By 1750, about 1.2 million English settlers in 13 colonies
England Battles France
English settlers, pushing west, collide with French possessions
French and Indian War—part of Seven Years’ War—begins (1754)
In 1763, France loses to Britain, gives up its American colonies

7. Native Americans Respond
A Strained Relationship
French and Dutch fur traders get along well with Native Americans
English settlers and Native Americans disagree over land, religion
Settlers and Native Americans Battle
Hostility often breaks out into war
Native American ruler Metacom launches attacks on colonists in 1675

8. Natives Fall to Disease
Wars are less deadly to Native Americans than European diseases
Colonists use enslaved Africans to work in place of Native Americans

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