1. Competing for Colonies 2.3
Do Now:
So far we have discussed how the Spanish began exploring The Americas.
What other country was among the first to begin exploring this new found land?

2. Religious Rivalries Roman Catholics arrived 1st!
Lutheran and the Reformation:
1517 Martin Luther brought reform to Catholic Church called Reformation
Led to Protestantism (doesn’t accept Pope’s leadership) and conflict for European countries
Religious Rivalry in Europe
1533 England left Catholicism and became Protestant
Spain gets mad and attacks England with an armada but English ships are too quick – England wins and Spain no longer controls the seas!
Religious Rivalries in the Americas
Catholics
Spain in SW and SE
France in NE
Protestant
Dutch/English on Atlantic coast between French/Spanish settlements

3. Search for the NW Passage
Northwest Passage – direct water route through the Americas
England sent John Cabot but probably found Newfoundland
France sent Giovanni de Verrazano but sailed Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas
French Jacques Carter sailed up St. Lawrence River and found Montreal
Netherlands sent Henry Hudson sailed up Hudson River but turned back
2nd attempt he founded Hudson Bay

4. French and Dutch Settlements
French interests – fish/furs for trade with Native Americans
1633 New France became a royal colony
Exploring the Mississippi River
1670s Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette traveled the Mississippi River via canoe
1682 Robert Cavalier de La Salle claimed Louisiana for France
New France
Along St. Lawrence River
Tenant farmers were used
French and Natives got along b/c there was no threat to either party
New Netherland
1621 Dutch created Dutch West Indie Company to run trade between Americas and Africa
New Amsterdam built on Manhattan Island

5. How did the French attitude towards Native Americans differ from that found in the Spanish colonies?
Spain

6. Who was the first French explorer to reach North America?
Test Review
Who was the first French explorer to reach North America?
Where did Columbus first land when exploring?
What did he call that land?
Who explored the Americas on behalf of the Dutch?
What man conquered the Inca?
In what area of Florida did the French first settle?
Why did they want to establish a settlement there?
How far west did Hernando de Soto travel?
What caused many Native Americans to dies when the Europeans began exploring the Americas?
What did Columbus call the people he encountered?

7. Why did the Portuguese decide to explore the world?
What happened with Queen Isabella after Christopher Columbus returned from his first exploration?
What were the ships that Columbus used to sail to America?
What was the official name of the ship?
What were the “names” of them?
What area did Columbus map out?
What was Ponce de Leon searching for when he was exploring North America?
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Why did the Aztecs have a strong hold on their land?
How were the Spanish able to defeat them?
Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
What did Magellan set out to do?
What did he survive during his trip?