Ch 20-2
European Nations Settle North America
20.2-European Nations Settle North America.pdfGroup Discussions
What were the chief reasons that the French, English, and the Dutch were each interested in North America during this time? How did the occupations and activities of the French, English, and the Dutch compare?
Analyzing Motives: How did the English gain control of Dutch and French interest in North America, and why did England want to gain control of that land? Think about location of colonies, the Seven Years War, and growing populations.
Comparing and Contrasting: How were the French, Dutch, and English interests and activities in North America similar, and how are they different?
Standards:
I-C.2 Analyze and evaluate the actions of competing European nations for colonies around the world and the impact on indigenous populations.
Objective:
Describe the colonial activities of Europeans in North America.
Summarize competing claims in North America.
Identify English colonial activities in North America.
Describe the Native American response to land claims made by Europeans.
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading
EQ: What were the chief reasons that the French, English, and Dutch each were interested in North America during this time. How did the occupations and activities of the French, English, and Dutch compare?
Competing claims in North America
Explorers establish New France
A trading Empire
Explorers Not named Columbus
When is Thanksgiving?
Colonial Family of New France: French Canadian History
The English Arrive in North America
The settlement at Jamestown
Puritans create "New England"
The Dutch found New Netherland
Colonizing the Caribbean
America the story of US: Life in Jamestown
A painting of the English settlement at Jamestown in the early seventeenth century illustrates the precarious relations between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Note the heavy palisades and numerous cannons deployed within the fort, as well as the imposing figure of the native chief Powhatan depicted outside the settlement’s walls.
The struggle for North America
The English Oust the Dutch
England battles France
What was the French and the Indian War?
Native Americans Respond
A Strained Relationship
Settlers and Native Americans Battle
Natives fall to disease
The Natives and English
Vocabulary:
New France
Area of the Americas explored and claimed by France
Jamestown
First permanent settlement in America
Pilgrims
Group of English people who founded a colony in Plymouth
New Netherland
Dutch colony begun in modern New York City
Puritans
People who did not agree with practices of the Church of England
French and Indian War
War between Britain and France over land in North America
Metacom
Native American leader who led an attack on the villages of Massachusetts; also called King Philip
