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Key Idea
European Presence in the New World
is about
Main Idea
Main Idea Spanish
Main Idea British
Main Idea French
Main Idea Dutch
pg 54 56
pgs 46-51, 56
pg 55-56
pgs 56-57
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Important people




Location (explored)




Motives




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How economy played a role




Results of Exploration




So what? (Whats important to understand about
this?)
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Key Idea
European Presence in the New World
is about
the establishment of European colonies in the
America, motives of each country, and the
challenges they faced.
Main Idea
Main Idea Spanish
Main Idea British
Main Idea French
Main Idea Dutch
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Important people




Jaques Cartier Samuel de Champlain
Peter Minuit Dutch West India Company Peter
Stuyvesant
Sir Walter Raleigh John White
De Vaca Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, De
Leon, De Soto
Virginia North Carolina Roanoke
Florida (Spanish drove them out) Canada Great
Lakes
Delaware Hudson Rivers New York
Location (explored)




Mexico Florida
-Gold -Land -Convert to Christianity
-Expand empire -Trade
-Expand empire -Trade
Motives




-Expand empire -Trade
-trouble finding and growing food
-Small population -successful fur trade
How economy played a role




-Made country very wealthy -Food grown in Peru
supported economy
-merchant fleets -allowed ALL people to settle
-Dutch defeated Swedish -Settled Fort Christiana
Close relationship with Native Americans
Results




New Spain controlled Mexico most of Southern
United States
-Return to England -death -lost colony
So what? (Whats important to understand about
this?)
Different ideas motives paved the way for
future conflicts in the colonies