Slide 1The Spanish and French Build Empires in the Americas Slide 2 Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas. Hernán Cortés led…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was an Icelandic explorer and probably the first European visitor to North America, 500 years before Christopher…

Slide 1CHAPTER 4 – EUROPEAN QUEST FOR NEW LAND Slide 2 I. Early European Explorers Scandinavian Vikings were possibly the first Europeans to visit the Americas. It is believed…

Slide 1Holt McDougal, The World before the Opening of the Atlantic Chapter 1 Slide 2 Holt McDougal, End of Ice AgePeople Invented Writing The First MapAztec City Teotihuacan…

Slide 1Ch 2 Government Origins of American Government Slide 2 Section 1 – The Colonial Period STGs: 1. What events led the American colonists to believe that they would…

Slide 1America: Pathways to the Present Chapter 4 The Road to Independence (1753–1783) Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Happily Ever After…..not exactly  Colonists, under England’s rule, were happy they had a new land to make their home  About 140 years of…

Slide 1 The New World Slide 2 Early Inhabitants of the Americas About 2 million years ago the Great Ice Age covered the earth with about two-mile-thick ice sheets  In…

Slide 1 Holt McDougal, Europeans Set Sail The Big Idea Europeans explored the world, searching for new lands and new trade routes. Main Ideas Vikings were skilled sailors,…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Who am I? Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Christopher Columbus August 3, 1492 – Columbus and three ships sail from Spain Born in Italy and sailed for Spain Purpose:…