Transcript Competing Colonizers

Competing Colonizers
During European colonization, how did the
French, Spanish, and Dutch view the Native
Americans and how did their interaction
differ? What affect did their interaction have
on colonization?
French Claims in the New World
Qui est qui?
Explorer
Claim to fame
Samuel de Champlain
establishing and governing
the settlements of New
France and the city of
Quebec
Jacques Cartier
exploring the St. Lawrence
River and giving Canada its
name.
Jacques Marquette
the first European to see
and map the northern
portion of the Mississippi
River.
René-Robert Cavelier,
Sieur de La Salle
leading an expedition
down the Mississippi River,
claiming the region for
France
•Basic-level objective: Skill set: map identification; recall;
description; analysis
•Geographically, what areas of the New World were
western Europeans interested in settling?
•What motivated western European powers (France, the
Netherlands, England, Spain, and Portugal) to migrate
and settle the New World?
Interaction w/ Natives
Primary Sources
• Cartier: Account of the second voyage to the St.
Lawrence River, 1535-1536, excerpts
• Champlain: Account of a battle with the Iroquois, 1609
• Marquette & Joliet: Account of the Mississippi River
expedition, 1673, Introduction, Pts. 4 & 8
• Maps (zoomable):
1556: New France (map #1, La Nuova Francia)
1664: Canada (map #9, Le Canada faict par le Sr. de
Champlain)
1673: Map of Marquette's expedition (Carte de la
découverte faite l'an 1673)
•Intermediate-level objective: Skill set: compare and
contrast; analysis
•How did these European powers differ in their
colonization plans?
•What conflicts arose over competition for land
acquisitions in the New World?
Dutch Exploration
Sweden and
Denmark had
established
colonies in this
area first, but
were soon taken
over by the
Dutch.
Dutch West India Company =
joint-stock companies (Which is??)
Henry
Hudson
Spanish Settlement
Prior to 1776, what
countries actually
had a better claim to
North America than
Britain?
The Great Pueblo Revolt
(La Gran Rebelión Pueblo)
•Advanced-level objective: Skill set: evaluation and drawing
inferences
•Which label best describes the very first wave of European
immigrants to the Americas: explorers, missionaries, merchants,
or conquerors?