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1 FRQ Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in North American between 1580 and 1763.

2 European Colonization

3 Causes & Motivations Causes Motivations Early Explorers
Columbus, Vespucci, Drake, Magellan Growing European Populations Improved navigation Techniques/Technology Astrolabe Caravel Mapping of ocean and wind currents Gold & Silver Other resources Easily subjugated natives New life Religion Spread Christianity Spain & France Religious Freedom France (early) England (early)

4 Cultural Misunderstandings
warfare Religion Indians not in the Bible Human Sacrifice Non-Christians are backwards Gender Farming Patrilineal vs Matrilineal Europeans Kill TONS of enemies Few prisoners Women & children Demanded total control Indians Capture prisoners Torture Ritual sacrifice Little desire for control

5 Colonization, 1700 Populations Territories Disputed Territories

6 Spanish Colonization

7 Major Explorations Florida Southwestern United States Cabeza de Vaca
de Soto Southwestern United States Coronado

8 Earliest Settlements St. Augustine: 1565 Santa Fe: 1607
Both continually inhabited until today

9 Goals Crown Settlers Spread Catholicism Spread Spanish Empire
The Royal Fifth Keep Rivals out French English Dutch Land Slave labor Fame Fortune Carlos I

10 French Colonization

11 Major Explorations Canada Louisiana Cartier Marquette & Joliet
La Salle

12 Earliest Settlements Quebec: 1608 Montreal: 1642 de Champlain
Evolved from a trading post

13 Goals Crown Settlers Spread Catholicism Expand fur trade
Beaver Sea Otter Maintain TOTAL control Economic Political Religious Freedom Huguenots Hunting & Trapping Sell pelts Farming Wheat African slave labor

14 British Colonization

15 Major Explorations Very little Cabot Hudson 1588
Post-Dutch exploration 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada

16 Earliest Settlements Jamestown, 1607 Plymouth, 1620
Virginia Joint Stock Company Plymouth, 1620 Religious Separatists

17 Goals Crown Settlers Compete w/ Spain Favorable trade Increase coffers
Demographic safety valve Religious freedom Get RICH New start Free/Cheap land


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