Race for Empires Chapter 2 Section 4

Race for Empires Events in Europe Protestant Reformation 1517- German Priest Martin Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church and said it abused its power His protests spread quickly from Germany throughout Europe The Printing press helped spread the ideas Wanted people to read bible for themselves instead of relying on others to tell them Led to Civil Wars: Example French Catholics vs the Huguenots 1534- King Henry VIII founded the Church of England (Anglican Church) and made himself head of it

Race for Empires Spain and England Go to War King Phillip II led Spain against England and Elizabeth I. The Spanish Armada went to invade England. The smaller, faster ships of England defeated the Huge Spanish Armada Fleet This defeat along with other economic troubles led to many countries wanting and eventually challenging Spain and their overseas endeavors

Race for Empires Search for the Northwest Passage John Cabot Every wanted to find a route to enable ships to sail from the Atlantic Oceans to the Pacific Oceans John Cabot Went looking for the King of England Paid for own expedition, but wanted a royal charter to any lands he found Couldn’t find it but gave England claims to North America

Race for Empires Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson French Sailed down what became the St. Lawrence River and to Montreal claiming land for France Henry Hudson Englishman sailing for the Dutch Found present day New York Found Hudson Bay

Race for Empires European Presence in North America Spanish and Portuguese focused on Central and South America while others focused on North America English Late 1500’s wanted a permanent settlement in the New World Sir Walter Raleigh received a charter from the king Landed in present day Virginia John White Settled Roanoke Island in 1587 His granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first colonist born in the North America Colony disappeared and no one knows what happened to it

Race for Empires French First settled in a specific area of modern day Florida by Huguenots These were later destroyed by the Spanish Then they shifted their focused on area’s of Canada 1608- Samuel de Champlain sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and found Quebec Trading post for furs and such goods 1673- Louis Jolliet looked for and found the Mississippi River Mississippi River Valley claimed in the name of France and named Louisiana Traded heavy with the Native peoples and adopted some of the Native culture

Race for Empires Dutch Other groups also followed Claimed areas of New York, New Jersey 1624- Formed the Dutch West India Company 1626- bought Manhattan Island from Natives and found New Amsterdam (New York City) Other groups also followed