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Colonies in the Americas
What is a “colony”?
1. A colony is a settlement in a foreign land
ruled by the mother country.
2. A colony has its own government but is
ultimately ruled by the mother country
3. Types of colonies:
– Trading Post
– Settler
– Plantation
Trading Post Colony
1. Established for trading items for PROFIT
(think of a General Store)
2. Usually along an established TRAVEL
ROUTE
3. First traded gold, silver, spices and
minerals of the area they were located in.
Plantation colony
1. Large areas of land used to farm CASH
CROPS
2. CASH CROP is farmed to make a
PROFIT (money)
3. Had slaves and native Indians work the
land
4. Sugarcane first cash crop grown in
Americas (West Indies)
Settler Colony
1. Established as NEW TOWNS for people
to live PERMANATELY and set up
business for profit
2. Have own government, but ruled by
mother country
2 Reasons for Exploration
• 1. Seek all water-route to Asia
• 2. Seek Gold(Riches), Glory, and Spread
God, (Christianity) – called the 3 G’s
Portugal – First to explore
1. Prince Henry – 1420
school for navigation
1. Portugal – map and go
around Africa
2. 1488 Bartholomew Dias
reaches southern tip of
Africa
3. 1497 Vasco da Gama
goes around Africa
A.
First to find the all water
route to Asia (lands in
India)
Explorers of Spain
A.
Christopher
Columbus (1492)
1. New idea - Sail
WEST to reach Asia.
2. 1492 - Spain
finished fighting
Muslims out of Spain
and had extra
money to expand
their trade AND
spread Christianitygave it to Columbus
to find all water route
to Asia
Explorers of Spain
3. 1492 - Columbus reaches New World thought he was in Asia (India) but was in
the Americas – island of San Salvador.
4. Claims the land
for Spain – later
Europeans know
they reached new lands,
called NEW WORLD.
Explorers of Spain
B. Ferdinand
Magellan
1. Proved world was
round as Columbus
said.
2. Sailed around South
America and named
the passage Strait of
Magellan (15201522)
3. Was killed by natives
in the Philippines
4. Crew finished the
trip - first to
circumnavigate
world
Explorers of Spain
C. Conquistadors – Spanish conqueror
1.Sought 3 G’s (Gold, Glory and God)
2. Hernan Cortes – defeats Aztec Indian
in Mexico
3. Francisco Pizarro – defeats Inca Indian
in Peru
Explorers of England
A. England – learned of
Spain’s success and
wanted to compete.
1. John Cabot (1497)
found Newfoundland
and northern
Canada.
Was looking for Asia
via Northwest
passage
2. Henry Hudson
(1609) sailed for
Dutch and found NY
harbor
(1610) sailed for
England and found
Hudson Bay in
Canada
Explorers of France
1. Jacques Cartier (1534)
A. Found the St. Lawrence River present day
Quebec region of Canada
Age of Exploration Comprehension
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QUIZ:
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5.
What is a colony?
Name 3 types of colonies.
_________________ colonies were usually along an established travel route.
What type of colony that had slaves and native Indians working the land?
_______________ established as new plantations for people to live
_______________ and set up business for profit.
6.
Name the reasons for explorations.
7. Name the first country to explore.
8. Name an explorer from Spain. Name the land that the person is credited for
finding.
9. Name an explorer from France. Name the land that the person is credited for
finding.
10. Name a conquistador.
11. Name a country that is located on the continent of Africa.
12. Name the 2 oceans that is located in South America.
13. ____________ is made up of forty-eight countries.
14. What is the only continent made up of regions and one island Chain?
15. Name the only ocean that surrounds Antarctica.
Imperialism
• Imperialism – When a nation builds an
empire.
Spanish Colonies
A. Spain - first to
establish colonies
B. Spain created an
empire which had
1. plantation and settler
colonies in the West
Indies, Central
America though
South America
Spanish Relations With Indians
1. Spanish treated
Indians as
savages
• Converted to
Christianity
• Enslaved them
• Conquistadors –
”God, Gold and
Glory” - Took
Indian land and
gold
2. Encomienda
System - Indians
forced to work on
plantations
Spanish Government
1. Spanish Colonies were governed by
crown appointed VICEROYS.
2. Viceroys - a ruler over the colony
appointed by the king
3. Settlers had to obey
the king’s laws and
could not make
any of their own
Defeat of Spanish Armada
• Spain ruled the Netherlands in 1500s
• England used “sea dogs” to help the Dutch –
both Protestant countries
• “Sea dogs” attacked Spanish ships coming back
from New World and stole their goods.
• King Phillip II of Spain - 1588 Spanish Armada
fights English Navy and loses
• This loss opens up the New World to
colonization by other countries.
English Colonies
a. English created 13
colonies along the
Atlantic Coast of present
day USA (Maine to
Georgia)
1. settler and plantation
colonies (sugar,
tobacco, rice)
2. Jamestown 1st colony
3. Took land from
Indians – not
interested in convert
to Christianity
English Government
1. English king allowed colonies to rule themselves
(Self governing colonies)
2. Representative assemblies allowed
3. Charters needed to establish colony
4. Charter is contract
between king
and people
getting land
in New World
French Colonies
A.
French Settled
trading post
empire along the
St. Lawrence River,
Great Lakes and all
the way down the
Mississippi River
Valley to Louisiana
B. Called Quebec (New
France)
French Relations Indians
B. French traded with
Indians for the fur
trade - French
would sell the fur
back in Europe
C. Good relationship
with Native Indians b/c they relied on the
fur trade with the
Indians.
French Government
1. Ruled directly by King – no viceroy like
Spain
2. Representative Assemblies not allowed
Portugal Colonies
1. Established plantation colonies in Brazil
for sugarcane
2. Trading post colonies in West Africa and
Asia
Independent Practice: Think of any
technological advances that have had
negative effects on society.
• You will work with a partner
• Make a list of the negative
technological advances
• Make a list of the positive
effects
• You will have 10 minutes.
Each group will share their
findings with the class.