1. Other European
Explorers to North
America

3. Ferdinand Magellan:

4. Influences on European Colonization in the New World

5. TENSIONS RUN HIGH Religious Wars Begin1.
TENSIONS
RUN
HIGH
Religious
Wars
Begin

6. 2. Economic Rivalries Trading power = Political power
The fight is on to use the resources of the New World to bring wealth to European Nations
2. Economic Rivalries

7. 3. European Conflicts Spain v Portugal Spain v Netherlands
Spain v France
Spain v England ***
Spain’s attention was divided between fighting in Europe and Colonization in the Americas.
The Defeat of Spanish Armada by the British in 1588 shifted the balance of power in Europe from Spain to England. England controlled the Seas and thus the routes to the new world.
After the 1588 defeat Spain concentrated on what they had in the Americas, and not obtaining more land in the new world

8. FRANCE

9. Sailing for France

12. The Dutch: New Netherland

13. Henry Hudson Explores the East Coast of America & Canada for the Dutch 1609

14. The English

15. John Cabot

16. Sir Francis Drake Circumnavigation 1577-80

17. Henry Hudson Explores Canada for the English 1610-11

18. Map circa
1600 showing
the North American
Continent divided up as New Spain,
New France,
New Netherlands,
and
New England

19. The World 1606