Transcript Exploration 5th grade

EXPLORATION OF
THE
NEW WORLD
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Standard 5.2
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Students will trace the routes of
early explorers and describe the
early explorations of the Americas.
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Countries who were in
power to explore
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Portugal
Spain
France
England
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Reasons for Spanish Exploration
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Encouraged settlement in the new
world
Secure gold, silver and agricultural
produce like sugar and indigo (blue
dye)
Convert the Indians to Catholicism
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Spanish Settlements
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West Indies
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hispaniola
Later, they explored Mexico, Central
America and most South America
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Reasons for French Exploration
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The French wanted to fish for cod on
the Newfoundland banks.
Trade with the Indians for fur
Convert the Indians to Catholicism
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French Settlements
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Along St. Lawrence River
Along the Mississippi River
Along the Great Lakes
Montreal, Detroit, St. Louis and New
Orleans
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Reasons for Dutch Exploration
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They wanted to be part of the fur
trade.
They settled in New Amsterdam (
now New York City)
Long Island and New Jersey
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Reasons English Exploration
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Seeking religious freedom (Puritans)
Seeking relief from political tyranny
(Glorious Revolution)
English peasants were seeking
economic freedoms
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Why did the Europeans explore the
New World?
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shorter route to Asia
wanted spices and fine fabric
spread religious faith ( missionaries)
Protestant Reformation ~people
sought religious freedom
banks had money to give out for
credit
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Famous Explorers
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Christopher Columbus (1495)
discovered America
John Cabot(1500)-Northeastern
North America
Pedro Cabral(1500)-Brazil
Balboa(1513)-Pacific Ocean
Ferdinando Magellen(1519-22)
sailed around the world
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Famous Explorers
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Jacque Cartier(1535)-St.
Lawrence Valley
Henry Hudson(1609)-New
Netherlands ( Hudson River)
Hernan Cortez(1519-22)conquered Mexico
Pizarro-Peru
De Soto(1541)- Mississippi River
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Seven Years War (1754-63)
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Spain lost Florida but
received Louisiana
(west of the Mississippi
River).
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Why did the Europeans colonized
the New World?
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wealth and power
a source of material and raw resources
selling home country goods to the colonies
making and selling manufacturing goods
to the home country
place to ease overpopulating in the home
country
religious freedom
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Famous Colonies
 Virginia (1607)-1st English colony
and 1st settlement, Jamestown and
led by John Smith and John Rolfe
 House of Burgress (1619)-1st
assembly
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1st slave (1619) bought into the
colony because the Indians were
not the best workers.
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Famous Colonies
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New England Pilgrims
(1620) (Plymouth
Massachusetts) led by Gov.
William Bradford
• sought religious freedom
• sailed on the Mayflower
• signed the Mayflower
Compact
Famous Colonies
Samuel de Champlain
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Samuel de Champlain-controlled Canada
(French influence) and found Quebec (New France)
Sir Walter Raleigh-colonized Roanoke
(N. Carolina) and known as the lost Colony
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Famous Colonies
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Massachusetts Bay Colony(1630) the
Puritan followers were from the Anglican
Church and led by John Winthrop.
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Famous Colonies
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Maryland (1634)- a Catholic colony and
established by George Calvert.
Rhode Island (1636)-created by people who
disagreed with the Mass. colony (Roger Williams in
Providence and Anne Hutchinson in Portsmouth).
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George Calvert
Roger Williams
Famous Colonies
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New Netherlands (1664) Dutch
controlled the settlements of New
Amsterdam and Albany and later
England took over in 1664 and
became New York.
Pennsylvania (1681)led by William
Penn and the Quakers. They fought
for liberty of conscience.
Georgia (1732) was established by
John
Oglethorpe. It was used as a
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military posts
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Why were the British successful in
the colonies?
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They were united in the colonies
They were defensible
Trappers, soldiers and missionaries
didn’t have roots
They believed in
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Gold
Glory
Farming
Family
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