1. North American Colonies

2. Terms and People
New France – French possession in present-day Canada from the 1500s to 1763
revenue – income
Pilgrims – English Protestants who rejected the Church of England
compact – an agreement among people

3. Terms and People (continued)
French and Indian War – a war between France and England that erupted in 1754 in North America and ended in 1763
Treaty of Paris – the agreement that officially ended the French and Indian War as well as other fighting between France and England, and ensured British dominance in North America

4. How did European struggles for power shape the North American continent?
France and England followed Spain in settling North America. Though their hopes for gold or passage to Asia were not met, they did turn profits in their new domains.
By 1700, the two nations controlled vast parts of North America. Their colonies were very different from those in Spanish America.

5. France claimed vast amounts of land in North America during the 1500s.
The nation called these claims New France. 5

6. Despite large French land claims and wide exploration, settlement was slow.
Farming was hard in the cold Canadian climate, so many settlers became fur trappers and traders.
The French abandoned farming in favor of fur trapping because of the soaring demand. 6

7. England established colonies along the Atlantic seaboard in the 1600s.
The English founded their first permanent colony at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
The settlement was organized by an English company hoping to gain wealth from the New World.
Many early settlers died of starvation. Jamestown began to thrive once the colonists started growing and exporting tobacco.

8. The Pilgrims arrived in present-day Massachusetts in 1620.
They were English Protestants who rejected the Church of England.
Seeking religious freedom, they set sail from Plymouth, England, in the Mayflower.

9. While still on their ship, the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact.
This compact, or agreement, set guidelines for governing the new colony.
The Mayflower Compact was an important step toward self-government.

10. Many Pilgrims died during the early days of the Plymouth colony.
Native Americans taught them to grow corn, fish, and survive the harsh winters.
In time, a new wave of English Protestants arrived and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

11. The English established additional colonies in the 1600s and 1700s, for many reasons.
Virginia New York
Commercial ventures organized for profit
Massachusetts Pennsylvania Maryland
Havens for persecuted religious groups
Georgia South Carolina
Gifts from English kings to loyal supporters

12. People in New England built fishing, timber, and shipbuilding industries.
Those in the middle colonies grew grain.
Settlers in the South grew cash crops such as rice and tobacco and developed a plantation economy.
English colonists learned to create wealth by using native resources.

13. English colonists had a large degree of self-government.
This grew out of English tradition , therefore was the norm.
Colonists expected the same rights as freeborn English citizens.
Each colony had its own representative assembly

14. French and Indian War – a war between France and England that erupted in 1754 in North America and ended in 1763
Dispute over land

15. Review of resources:
Spain – Mining, gold and silver
Portugal - Harvesting Brazil wood for Dye
England - Shipbuilding and farming tobacco
France - Trapping and trading fur and fish