1. European Exploration France and England

2. Northwest Passage
An all water route to Asia going North of North America.
English and French explorers were searching for it.
They never found it!

3. After failing to do so, Champlain founded the French colony of Quebec
The French explorer Samuel de Champlain searched Canada for a northwest passage to Asia

4. Jacques Cartier Sailed for France
Was looking for the Northwest Passage
Was the 1st explorer to explore
the St Lawrence Seaway
and claimed it for France

5. John Cabot
Sailed for England Accomplishments: 1. Looked for the Northwest Passage and never found it 2. Claimed Canada for England

6. Henry Hudson
Sailed for England 1. Accomplishments: Looking for the Northwest passage (never found it) 2. Discovered Hudson Bay

7. The Effects of the European Age of Exploration on the Americas

8. THE NEW WORLD THE OLD WORLD
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE, AFRICA and ASIA
THE NEW WORLD THE OLD WORLD

9. The Columbian Exchange & Global Trade
Definition
Columbian Exchange — widespread exchange of crops, animals, diseases, culture, and ideas between the Eastern
(Old World) and Western (New World) hemispheres

10. Which 5 do you think had the most significant impact?

11. Effects of the Age of Exploration
Diseases killed native populations in the Americas
Slavery (Africans)
God: Europeans spread Christianity
Gold: Europeans got money from their colonies
Glory: Europeans got land & power
New trade routes
Migration-movement of millions of people
Rapid population growth in Europe
Columbian Exchange