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CHAPTER TWO
THE NEWCOMERS:
EXPLORERS, CONQUERORS
& SETTLERS
OBJECTIVES
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IDENTIFY THE EUROPEAN NATIONS THAT
SENT THE EARLIEST SETTLERS TO
AMERICA.
DESCRIBE THREE DIFFERENCES AMONG
EUROPEAN COLONIES.
NAME THREE REASONS SETTLERS CAME
TO THE NEW WORLD.
EXPLAIN WHAT THE MAYFLOWER
COMPACT WAS.
VOCABULARY
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CHARTER: AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
PAPER GRANTING PEOPLE CERTAIN
RIGHTS.
CONQUISTADOR: SPANISH CONQUEROR.
EMPIRE: A GROUP OF COLONIES OR
TERRITORIES RULED BY THE SAME
GOVERNMENT.
GALLEON: A SPANISH SHIP.
LEGISLATURE: A GROUP THAT MAKES THE
LAWS.
AMERICA GETS A NAME
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EUROPEANS SOON HEARD ABOUT
COLUMBUS’S DISCOVERY.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
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AN ITALIAN THAT SAILED IN 1497
UNDER THE FLAG OF PORTUGAL.
INTERESTED IN THE STUDY OF THE
STARS.
CALLED THE AMERICA A “NEW LAND”.
SPANISH EXPLORERS AND
CONQUERORS
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MANY SPANISH ADVENTURERS
CAME TO THE “NEW WORLD”
SEARCHING FOR GOLD, SILVER, AND
JEWELS.
THEY MADE DISCOVERIES IN THE
NAME OF SPAIN.
HERNANDO CORTES
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SPANISH EXPLORER
WENT TO MEXICO AND FOUND THE EMPIRE OF THE
AZTECS.
CORTES WAS GREETED AS A WHITE GOD.
CORTES WAS REALLY FOUND TO BE GREEDY.
CORTES AND HIS SOLDIERS DESTROYED THE
AZTEC CITIES AND STOLE THEIR TREASURES.
IN 1521 HE BECAME THE RULER OF THE LAND.
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
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ANOTHER CONQUISTADOR
CONQUERED THE INCAS OF PERU
SPAIN WAS NOW BECOMING A
WEALTHY NATION.
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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SOON THE SPANISH HEARD OF RICH
LANDS IN THE NORTH, NOW CALLED
THE UNITED STATES.
JUAN PONCE de LEON
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WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EXPLORERS
TO VISIT THE US.
HEARD STORIES OF A “FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH”.
HE FOUNDED FLORIDA.
CORONADO
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HE EXPLORED TEXAS, NEW MEXICO,
ARIZONA, AND KANSAS.
HIS TRAVELS GAVE SPAIN CLAIM TO
LARGE SECTIONS OF THE US
HERNANDO de SOTO
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WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN
EXPLORER TO SEE THE MISSISSIPPI.
FORCED THE MUSKOGEE TRIBE OUT
OF THEIR LAND AND USED THEM AS
SLAVES.
DeSOTO DIED ON HIS EXPLORATION
ST. AUGUSTINE & SANTA FE
ST. AUGUSTINE
 THE OLDEST CITY IN THE US.
 A CITY OF FLORIDA
SANTA FE
 A CITY IN NEW MEXICO THAT IS
CONSIDERED THE 2ND OLDEST CITY
IN THE US.
SPANISH RULE
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THE SPANISH TRIED TO LIVE A LIFE
IN THE US LIKE THE ONE THEY LIVED
IN SPAIN.
NATIVE AMERICANS LIVED IN
POVERTY.
THEY BROUGHT SLAVES FROM
AFRICA TO HELP WITH WORK IN THE
US.
FRENCH EXPLORERS
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THE FRENCH SENT CARTIER TO
SEARCH FOR AN EAST-WEST
PASSAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
HE DISCOVERED THE ST. LAWRENCE
RIVER INSTEAD.
HE FOUND AND CLAIMED CANADA
FOR THE FRANCE.
FRENCH COLONIES
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THE FRENCH CALLED THEIR LANDS
NEW FRANCE.
THE FRENCH GOT ALONG WELL
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS.
MADE FAIR TRADES AND DID NOT
FORCE ANY WORK OR TRADE.
REVIEW
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WHY DID THE FRENCH COME TO THE
NEW WORLD?
NEW LANDS
EAST-WEST PASSAGE TO PACIFIC
OCEAN
FUR TRADING
CHRISTIANITY TO THE NATIVES
REVIEW
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HOW DID THE FRENCH TREAT THE
NATIVE AMERICANS?
THEY GOT ALONG WITH THEM
DIDN’T FORCE TRADE
ACTIVITY
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IN YOUR GROUPS
PICK TWO EXPLORERS AND WRITE A
SUMMARY ABOUT THEM.
WHAT DID THEY DO?
WHAT DID THEY DISCOVER?
WHAT WHERE THEY?
WHO DID THE REPRESENT?
WHAT DID THEY TAKE?
ACTIVITY
GROUP 1
 COLUMBUS
 CORTES
GROUP 2
 DeSOTO
 POUNCE De LEON
GROUP 3
 CORONADO
 PIZARRO
GROUP 4
 JOLIET
 MARQUETTE
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