1. Motivating Factors for Exploration Spain England (Britain) France

2. Spain Reasons for settlement –GOD –GOLD –GLORY

3. Why Did England Colonize America? England did not have enough land or resources to support its growing population. Some English citizens wanted religious freedom. –The country waffled back and forth between Catholicism & Protestantism England wanted to find valuable resources in the New World to send back home –Mercantilism

4. France in the New World King Francis I of France sends Giovanni Verrazano to explore the New World –Comes ashore near Cape Fear, NC (possibly as far south as Ga or Fla) –Sailed up coastline to Nova Scotia then back to France France lays claim to lands in the New World including the Southeast

5. The Hugenots 1562 –Jean Riboult (Ree-bow) & 150 French Hugenots [French Protestants] land on Florida’s coast and sail northward looking for a place to settle –Protected inlet north of present-day Savannah French name it Port Royal and build Charles Fort –1st European fort on North American soil – abandoned due to famine and other hardships

6. More Hugenots 1564-1565 –A second group of Hugenots arrive in Spanish Florida Establish Fort Caroline at the mouth of St. Mary’s River in Spanish territory –Build French Protestant forts and towns in Spanish Catholic territory & French raid Spanish ships  Spanish infuriated

7. Spain reacts to French settlments 1565 –In response to the French Huguenots’ actions, the Spanish send Pedro Menendez & a large army to (1)Force out the French and (2)Colonize Florida –Menendez and the soldiers launch a surprise attack on Fort Caroline and execute the Huguenots Spain establishes St. Augustine, Florida which is their 1st successful settlement on North American soil