SPAIN FRANCE ENGLAND/NET HERLANDS

 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)