Jan 20, 2016
Why did England, France and the Netherlands seek a northwest passage?
How did the Protestant Reformation affect rivalries among European nations?
How did rivalry develop between New France and New Netherland?
Religious Divisions: Martin Luther Protestant Reformation
Rivalries in the Americas:
France, Spain, Dutch and England
John Cabot- English explorer
Giovanni da Verrazano- Italian explored Carolinas up to Canada
Henry Hudson entered into New York harbor and now what is Hudson River
Sailed what is now Hudson Bay
Sailed for the Dutch
Jacques Cartier sailed half of the St. Lawrence River
Samuel de Champlain founded the trading post named Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. Permanently established
France in Americas Economy of New France,
profited from fishing and fur trapping and trading.
Quebec established as trading post and later becomes capital of New France
Controls all of St. Lawrence River and the entry way to Great Lakes
Mortar from Louisbourg, cast c.1750-1756
Catholic missionaries traveled with fur traders
Searched for converts within the Native American population
Goal to teach Christianity
Mississippi River known by the Native Americans as the “Father of the Waters”
Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet explored 700 miles of Mississippi and Great Lakes
French wanted to keep Spain and England out of Louisiana territory, established forts like Detroit and New Orleans
French colonists imported African slaves that work plantations
Some slaves escaped and joined the Natchez Indians in a revolt against the French (1729)
Those slaves that fought with the French received their freedom
Free and enslaved African Americans made up the majority of settlers in Louisiana
This lead tablet was discovered in 1913 in the city of Pierre, in South Dakota. It was buried by François and Louis-Joseph La Vérendrye on March 30, 1743 to take possession of the territory in the name of Louis XV.
Peter Mimuit led Dutch Settlers to the mouth of the Hudson River
Bought Manhattan from Native Americans, then called it New Amsterdam (New York)
Grew into busy port, profited from trade.
Trading posts like New Orange (Albany), established along the Hudson River
French and Dutch settlers became rivals over fur trade.
Dutch made an alliance with the Iroquois
French with the Huron, Abenaki and Illinois tribes
Sporadic fights between two nations occurred using Indian Allies
Ice skating Saint Nick (Santa
Claus) Dutch language
assimilated into English language (boss, cookies, sleigh)
Diseases (Smallpox) killed much of Native American population
War Missionary conversion not always
accepted Seize Indian lands (new outposts) brought
more trouble and colonization westward