SPAIN FRANCE ENGLAND/NET HERLANDS New passage to Asia Conquered the Natives Spread religion – they used missionaries for this 3 G’s – Gold,

SPAIN FRANCE ENGLAND/NETHERLANDS

New passage to Asia

Conquered the Natives

Spread religion – they used missionaries for this

3 G’s – Gold, Glory, and God

Reach Asia by Northwest Passage

Fur Trade (beaver mostly)

Northwest Passage to Asia

Florida, Mexico, Southwest United States, West Indies, Central America, and Peru

Coronado and DeSoto – seeking the “7 Cities of Gold”

East Coast of North America

St. Lawrence River area

Great Lakes Region

Mississippi River

Netherlands Hudson River and New York harbor

England Hudson Bay, Northeast Canada, Baffin Island, Greenland, Newfoundland, and St. John’s Bay

Conquistadors – they conquered, took gold and land, destroyed the Native Americans culture

Cortez conquered Aztecs

Pizzarro conquered Incas

FRIENDLY

Partner in the fur trade

Permanent settlements established

Netherlands FRIENDLY, est. Fort Orange (today Albany) and started lucrative fur trade with Natives

England BAD, despite the Thanksgiving story mostly negative contact with Natives

Spain became wealthy from Gold

Slavery

Gained land explored

Brought horses to America

Did NOT find a Northwest Passage

Mapped Eastern coastline of North America, St. Lawrence, and Mississippi Rivers

Fur Trade, very rich from this!!!

Netherlands Settlements they later sold or lost to England. Some trading successes

England Failure They found NO Northwest Passage and NO new maps, and NO large colonies

Cortez: Conquered Aztecs, burned ships

DeSoto: 7 cities of gold: attacked by NA of Southeast; discovered Mississippi River

De Verranzano: Italian who sailed for France that mapped east coast of N. America

Champlain: St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes, Quebec, father of New France

Marque and Joliet: Mapped Miss River

Netherlands Hudson: River named after him and NY Harbor, est. Fort Orange and fur trade in New York

England Gilbert: Never retured from Nova Scotia and St. Johns Bay

Frobisher: Sailed to Baffin and Greenland returned with Fools Gold (obsidian)