1. Module 10, Lesson 1 Notes Presentation
Causes of Expansion
Module 10, Lesson 1 Notes Presentation

2. Push and Pull factors A push factor is a reason to leave
A pull factor is a reason to go
These factors work together to make a person move to a certain location

3. Why did Europe begin to expand?
Push factors- Why leave?
Pull factors- Why go?
Religious dissent
Overcrowding in cities
Searching for gold and wealth
Convert Indians to Christianity
Find a passage to the Indies

4. Why leave? Religious Difference
New beliefs caused dissent of the English church
Puritans believed that the Church of England was no longer “Protestant” enough
Persecution of different groups lead to conflict with English government
Puritans
Quakers
Catholics
America was seen as a safe place for these people
Image is of a St Bartholomew’s Church, a Puritan Church in England. John Winthrop was actually married in this church prior to migrating with Puritans to the America. Image is courtesy of Oliver Dixon under a CC license. It was found at

5. Why leave? Overcrowding in cities
Cities became overcrowded as farmers were pushed off land
Tenants were driven off land to create sheep pastures
Wool is in demand
Image of the sheep at Berthlwyd Farm in England is courtesy of Dan Gregory under a CC license. Image from

6. Why leave? War torn nations
War was an epidemic in Europe
Thirty Years War (mostly in Germany)
Netherlands and Spain were fighting the Eighty Years War
Wars of the Three Kingdoms (civil wars fought throughout Scotland, Ireland, and England)
Russo-Prussian War
Map is courtesy of Professor R. Schwart from Mounty Holoyoke College

7. Why go? Money Searching for gold and wealth Increase trade For country
For self
Increase trade
Route to Indies
Acquire natural resources
Gold
Tobacco
Grain
Lumber
Fish
The image of American gold is courtesy of Portableantiquities on Flickr per their CC license. The Image was found at

8. Why go? Fresh start
A group of people known as indentured servants came to the colonies
Served for a certain time period to work off debt or prison time
Usually about 7 years
Earned transportation to new lands

9. Making it possible for others? The Fall of the Spanish Armada
Opened the North Atlantic to English expansion
England was more confident
England could supply and protect the colonies more easily without Spanish threat
Image courtesy of

10. Making it possible: Low risk investment
Joint stock companies were created
Could pool together the capital of a lot of investors with little risk
Image is courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park. It is a painting of Sidney E. King from