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This document provides an overview of European exploration and colonization of North America between 1492-1682. It summarizes key events such as Columbus' first landing in the Americas in 1492 and the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown in 1607. It also profiles important explorers like Vasco da Gama, who sailed around Africa to India in 1498, and missionaries like Jacques Marquette who explored the Mississippi River valley. Finally, it outlines the colonial efforts of different European powers like Spain, England, and France in the new world during this time period.

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Chapter 1 Powerpoint

This document provides an overview of European exploration and colonization of North America between 1492-1682. It summarizes key events such as Columbus' first landing in the Americas in 1492 and the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown in 1607. It also profiles important explorers like Vasco da Gama, who sailed around Africa to India in 1498, and missionaries like Jacques Marquette who explored the Mississippi River valley. Finally, it outlines the colonial efforts of different European powers like Spain, England, and France in the new world during this time period.

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Chapter 1: A New World to Explore

1492-1682
Columbus made his first landing in the New
World on the island of San Salvador
Historians believe that around the year A.D.
1000, the Viking Leif Ericson landed on the
shores of North America
Marco became the first European to
travel the length of Asia. His writings
spurred in many Europeans a new
interest in Asia.
The rebirth of learning
Helped set the stage for
the discovery of the
New World
This was perhaps the most important
invention.
The first book Gutenberg printed on his
new press was the most important book
of all the Bible.
He founded a navigation school and sent out
several ships to explore the western coast of
Africa.
He reached the Cape of Good Hope at the
southern tip of Africa.
He sailed all the way around Africa to
India, thus opening an all-water route to
the East.
He protested false doctrines of the church by
nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door
in Wittenberg, Germany.
The Protestant Reformation ensured that the
people who colonized North America would be
heavily influenced by the Word of God.
God scattered
the people of the
world from the
Tower of Babel
by confounding
their language.
Longhouses
A typical longhouse was about
80x18x18ft and would house up to twenty
or more families, most of whom were
related.
A mans standing in the American
Indian tribe was based on his
courage and success in war.
The Indians religious leaders were called
medicine man
The King and Queen that sponsored
Columbus expedition
Columbuss fleet of ships
On Ocotber 12, 1492, Columbus made his
first landing in the New World on an
island he named San Salvador
Today, the 2000 mile chain of islands between
the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean is
called the West Indies.
The Native people who met Columbus were a
friendly tribe, the Arawaks. They warned
Columbus of the fierce Caribs, a tribe of
cannibals who also inhabited the region.
An Italian sailor. He is the man credited with
being the first to realize that what Columbus had
discovered was a new continent
military invaders from Spain
Conqueror and governor of Puerto Rico. He
searched for the fabled fountain of youth. He
did not find it, but he did make the 1
st
Spanish
landing on the mainland of North America.
He discovered the Pacific Ocean.
He began a three-year voyage around the world.
Although he was killed, his expedition proved
once and for all that the world is round.
Conquered the Aztec Indians in Mexico.
Cortes was helped in his conquest of the
Aztecs by other tribes of Indians who
wished to be freed from the oppression of
the Aztecs.
Powerful Chieftain of the Aztecs
Aztec Indians
The Aztec Indians were a very advanced society for their
time. They practiced a pagan religion and worshiped the
gods of nature. They centered their worship on the sun
god. The Aztecs believed they were chosen people and it
was their duty to supply the sun god with food---human
sacrifices.
Conquered the Inca Indians of Peru
Led a party of men that discovered the
Grand Canyon
Discovered the Mississippi River
The first permanent European settlement
in present-day United States
The Kings Highway. The Oldest road in the
United States. Runs between Santa Fe and
Chihuahua, Mexico.
Spains chief rival was the island nation
of England.
Daring Sea captains who threatened
Spanish power.
Pictured is
Queen Elizabeth
with the
boldest/most
popular Sea
Dog, Sir
Francis Drake.
The Catholic church launched the Counter-
Reformation to combat the Protestant
Reformation. They wanted to bring people back
to the Catholic religion.
Invincible Armada
Fleet of ships sent by Philip II to attack and
destroy England. When the English navy met the
Spanish fleet in the English Channel, the bulky
Spanish ships were no match for the light
English ships.
Defeat of the Spanish
Armada
The English credited their victory to God, and
Philip II agreed, saying, I sent my ships to fight
against men and not against the winds and
waves of God.
The first French explorers came to the New
World in search of the Northwest Passage- a
supposed water route through North America
to the Pacific Ocean.
Led an expedition that discovered the St.
Lawrence River
French protestants that established
Charlesfort on the coast of South Carolina
and Fort Caroline on the coast of Florida.
The Huguenots came to the New World to
escape religious persecution.
Father of New France
In 1608, he established the first permanent
French settlement in the New World: Quebec,
Canada
A Jesuit missionary and a fur trader. They
led an expedition which explored the
central Mississippi River
Claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for
France & named it Louisiana in honor of
King Louis XIV of France.
The French ultimately claimed
Canada, the Great Lakes region, and
the Mississippi Valley for France
The French developed a good relationship
with the Indians. Many lived among them and
learned their language. Most of the Indian
tribes became allies of the French. The major
exception was the tribe Iroquois.
Jean Baptiste Pointe du
Sable
A trapper and a trader. The best known
Frenchman of African descent in New
France.
1. Most of the French colonists
were hunters and traders and
never established permanent
homes.
2. They lacked self-government
3. They lacked religious freedom
New Orleans
Founded in 1718, probably the best
known city of French heritage in
America.

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