Understanding Social Conflict in Latin America - United Nations
European nations settle North America
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Chapter 20 section 2
EUROPEAN NATIONS SETTLE NORTH AMERICA
New FranceJamestown
PilgrimsPuritans
New Netherlands French and Indian War
Metacom
KEY TERMS
Giovanni da Verrazzano 1524 sailed to America to
find sea route to the PacificSailed for the French and
discovered New York harborJacques Cartier reached
eastern CanadaCartier named the Saint
Lawrence RiverQuebec became the capitol
of new France
EXPLORERS ESTABLISH NEW FRANCE
French had many colonies in Canada
(New France)Hoped to find silver
and gold, did notFound fish, furs
LynxOtterFox
Beaver sold for high prices
FRENCH, DUTCH, AND ENGLISH COLONIES IN THE AMERICAS
French did not send a large number of
colonistsOnly small groups of
tradersFrench not interested
in settling downFrench did not enslave
Native AmericansNative Americans were the main source of furs
NEW FRANCE
Many French married Native Americans
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
French explored the Mississippi
Thought it flowed to the Pacific ocean
La Salle claimed land around Mississippi region
Called Louisiana after King Louis XIV
NEW FRANCE
Did not set out to establish colonies
Jamestown the first colony in 1607
Hoped for silver and gold and route to the
Pacific1620’s Pilgrims sailed
to Plymouth because of religious persecution
THE ENGLISH COLONIES
More interested in gold than planting crops
Seven out of 10 die from hunger and disease
First permanent English settlement
Farmers discovered tobaccoHigh profit cash crop
THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN
Located on the Hudson River
1629 Governor bought Manhattan from Wappinger peopleNew Amsterdam
became New York CityFewer than 4,000
people in all of New Netherland
THE DUTCH OF NEW NETHERLANDS
Pilgrims were self sufficient in five years
Did not share same relationship with Native
Americans as the French and Dutch
Native Americans had helped the colonists
Colonists view Native Americans with distrust
or anger
THE ENGLISH COLONIES
Puritans sought religious freedom
Made a large colony in Massachusetts Bay areaWanted to build a model
communityNumerous families helped
to build the colony
PURITANS CREATE NEW ENGLAND
Dutch established relationship with the
Iroquois IndiansTrading posts along the
Hudson RiverFormed Dutch West India
company1621 Dutch government
gave permission to colonizeDutch
GermansScandinavians
Start settlements
THE DUTCH FOUND NEW NETHERLANDS
Dutch more focused on colonies in other parts of
the worldThey were more
profitable because they got goods not available in Europe or the AmericasProduced sugar in the
CaribbeanSpices from Southeast
Asia
THE DUTCH OF NEW NETHERLAND
New Netherlands separated Northern and Southern
English coloniesCharles II gave Duke of York
permission to oust the Dutch
Dutch surrendered after a naval blockade
English renamed it New York
1750 1.2 million English colonists
13 colonies from Maine to Georgia
THE ENGLISH OUST THE DUTCH
Mid-1700’s British tried to settle in French
Territory(upper Ohio River Valley)
Tensions grew war broke out 1754
English and French both with Native American
help Called the French and
Indian War
BRITISH-FRENCH CONFLICT
First war went badly for the British
French had more soldiers
British took QuebecFrench surrendered
gave up all land east of the Mississippi and
Canada
BRITISH-FRENCH CONFLICT
British controlled more of North America
War was costlyEnglish King placed
cost of war on the Americans
Led to resentmentPlanted the seeds of the
revolution
BRITISH-FRENCH CONFLICT
French and Dutch mostly cooperative
Mutual benefitsNatives did most of the
trappingIn return they received
GunsHatchetsMirrorsbeads
NATIVE AMERICANS RESPOND
Dutch fought some over land claims and trading
rightsEarly relations with the
English were cooperativeEnglish sought to populate
North AmericaPushed natives off their land
Religious difference heightened tensions
Settlers considered them heathens
A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP
1622 Powhatan tribe attacked colonial villages
around JamestownKilled 350 settlers
Settlers struck back and massacred hundreds of
PowhatansKing Philip’s War 1675
Metacom-known as King Philip
Attacked colonial villages throughout Massachusetts
Both sides massacred hundreds of victims
SETTLERS AND NATIVE AMERICANS BATTLE
Diseases devastated native population in North America1616 smallpox caused one tribe to go from 24,000 to
750South Carolina to Missouri
whole tribes fell to smallpox, measles, and
other diseasesDisease caused a shortage
of laborColonists turned to Africans
by the million
NATIVES FALL TO DISEASE