Chapter 2 sections 1 & 2

Europeans establish Colonies

Why did people from Europe come to the Americas?

Religious Divisions cause conflict 1. Religious reasons Protestant Reformation

– Divided into many denominations (Lutheran, Calvinists, Baptists, Anglicans, and Quakers)

Spain organizes its American Empire Under Spanish rule, Indians were

enslaved and forced in labor encomiendas– Suffered harsh treatment– Tried to convert them

De Soto Explores Florida

1539 de Soto’s conquistadors massacred Indians, burned fields, emptied storehouses, and burned villages.

The French Empire

The French establish fur trade Early 1500’s, French explorers were

looking for a Northwest passage (water route to Asia through the cold waters of present-day Canada)

Northwest Passage

France establishes New France

Lands explored by Jacques Cartier were called New France.

Continued…

French trade Indians fish for fur– Fur was expensive in France– Indians start to fight each other for rights to trade

with the French– French traders fought and killed each other as well– Quebec was established as the first permanent

European settlement in Canada• Purpose was to stop trading rivals from fighting

Samuel de Champlain

Founder of Quebec Helped the Algonquin, and Huron

Indians against the Iroquois Champlain and nine French soldiers

attacked a Iroquois camp This made the Iroquois a lifetime enemy

of the French

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Homework/Classwork!!!!!!

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