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1 Colonial Foundations

2 Who We Are: Colonists Gentry Merchants Farmers Artisan-shopkeepers
Poor People Criminals Indentured Servants

3 Contact between native americans and europeans

4 Relations with Native Americans
French: - fur trade - good relations Dutch: - fur trade  good relations - expansion of territory  bad Spanish: tried to convert religions  bad

5 Native Americans Europeans Metal tools Woolen blankets Guns Alcohol European diseases (smallpox, measles, chickenpox) Adopted Indian names Learned how and where to find, catch, grow food Animal skins for clothing Guerilla warfare effective in fighting the British

6 Jamestown, Virginia British Colony (First Contact)
Traded  Corn/Maize  SURVIVAL Powhatan Confederacy The Virginia Company Why did colonists come here? Life in Jamestown

7 Question to Answer What was the impact of European colonization on Native Americans?

8 Factors that influenced colonial development

9 Slave Trade Gold Trade in Africa Sugar in the Americas Force
Pay a lot of money

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