Ch. 3 Sec. 3 Struggle for North America

France Big difference between settling N. America compared to Central/South America Early 1500s French fishing ships off Newfoundland Within next 100 years controlled large section of North America Wars at home Little success with Christianity Population grew slowly (New France climate) Exchanged farming for fur trapping West to the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi

England John Cabot – rich fishing grounds off Newfoundland Search for the Northwest Passage 1600s turned to concentrating on establishing colonies Jamestown, Virginia (1607) Hardship turns to profit with tobacco (native help) Plymouth, Mass. (1620) Pilgrims seeking religious freedom Mayflower Compact Hardship turns to profit with corn (native help)

English Colonies Grow to 13 by 1700s All struggled until learning how to use resources North - fishing, timber, shipping industries Middle - grain South - plantation economy (tobacco, rice) Slaves outnumbered Europeans Appointed royal governors but developed representative government

Fight for control Spain, France, England and the Dutch all had colonies in North America and competed for Caribbean trade 1700s Britain and France emerged as rivals and often at war French and Indian War Expands to the Seven Years’ War Treaty of Paris (1763) Brit dominance in N.A. but French regained Caribbean and African slave-trading posts