Communities and Their Histories Chapter 7
Dec 28, 2015
Communities and Their Histories
Chapter 7
Vocabulary• Explorer: A person who
travels looking for new lands• Fleet: A large group of ships• Fortification: Walls around a
building used for protection• Representative Government:
Voters elect people to speak for them in a representative government.
Iroquois
• Oneida County, New York• Quebec Canada• Iroquis lived here when explores arrived• Corn main crop• Set up government• Rules protects rights groups• Explorers had different customs• Led to conflict
Early Explorers
• Portugal• Spain• France• England• Traded with India, China• Very long route• Searching for a water route• Hoping to make trade faster
Places
• Oneida County, New York: home to the Iroquois.• Portugal: in south western Europe• Spain: a country in south western Europe• France: a country in western Europe• England: the southern part of Great Britain• St. Augustine, Florida: a city; the oldest settlement in the
USA• Quebec City: a city in Canada• Jamestown, Virginia: the first permanent English settlement
in America• James River: the river that Jamestown in located on
Christopher Columbus
• Born in Italy• Goal: find route to Asia• Sailed for Spain• Landed in The Bahamas • Explored America
Hernando de Soto
• Sailed for Spain• Explored North America
Juan Ponce de Leon
• Sailed for Spain• Explored Florida
Jacques Cartier
• Sailed for France• Explored Canada (the St. Lawrence River)
Samuel de Champlain
• Sailed for France• Explored Canada (Quebec)
John Cabot
• Born in Italy• Sailed for England• Explored North America
Henry Hudson
• Sailed for England and Holland• Explored the Hudson Bay Area
Spanish Community• Ponce de Leon • St. Augustine Florida• Land of flowers• Hoped to find riches• Land perfect for farming• 1521- brought 200
settlers hoping to build a city
• Spanish landed first• Battle broke out• Ponce de Leon killed by
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Fight for Florida
• 1564- French set up colony on St, John's river
• Threatened Spanish treasure ships safety
• Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles- most experience admiral sent to be governor Florida
Fight for Florida
• Castillo de San Marcos• Sheltered from ocean• Defended easily• Later called St. Augustine• Defeated French fleet with help of
hurricane• Coast Florida controlled by Spanish• St. Augustine 1st permanent European
settlement in North America
St. Augustine today
• Beaches• Visit historic sights• Oldest standing house in US• Oldest stone fort- Castillo de San Marcos• Fort Moses- protected Africans from slavery
Don Pedro Mendenez de Aviles
• Sailed for Spain• Explored St. Augustine, Florida
Christopher Newport
• Sailed for England• Explored Jamestown
John Smith
• English• Lead Jamestown
Powhatan
• Algonquin chief • Lived in what is now Virginia
Pocahontas
• A Native American woman • Helped the English settlers• Married an Englishman