1. COMPETING FOR COLONIES CHAPTER 2 LESSON 3 Essential Question: What are the consequences when cultures interact?

2. LEARNING GOAL Students will be able to identify and describe geographical places and regions such as Florida, and identify and explain events of the Age of Exploration both graphically and orally.

3. RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS Besides searching for wealth, Europeans wanted to spread their Christian faith in the New World  Roman Catholics were first to reach the Americas Martin Luther  German priest who questioned the authority of Catholics leaders in 1517  Nailed list of complaints to church doors  Catholic church refused his ideas  Luther started the Reformation  Led to a new form of Christianity- Protestantism  Protestants did not recognize the Pope as the leader of the church

4. MARTIN LUTHER Did not agree with authority of Catholic church Believed the Pope was not in charge of the church Believed people could learn all they needed to from the Bible Believed it was your faith that got you into Heaven, not what you did here on Earth

5. RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS King Henry VIII  Left the Catholic Church because they would not let him get a divorce  Created the Church of England  Daughter, Elizabeth I, made England more of a Protestant nation King Philip of Spain  1588, sent his navy to invade England and bring Catholicism back to England In the Americas  Catholics from Spain and France wanted to spread their religion to Native Americans  Spanish in Southwestern & Southeastern North America  France in the Northeast  Protestants from the Netherlands and England set up colonies along the Atlantic between the French and Spanish  This causes rivalries between the settlements

6. SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE Explorer:Native Country & Area Explored John Cabot An Italian sent by England- 1497 Landed in present-day Newfoundland Giovanni de Verrazano An Italian sent by France- 1524 Explored from Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas Jacques Cartier France- Sailed up St. Lawrence River and discovered Montreal Henry Hudson Englishman sent by the Netherlands- discovered the Hudson River, Bay, and Albany, NY

7. FRENCH & DUTCH SETTLEMENTS French were more concerned with resources in the new world  Traded with Native Americans  Missionaries came after the traders Exploring the Mississippi River  1670s- Joliet & Marquette traveled the Mississippi thinking they had found the Northwest Passage and learned it flowed into the Gulf of Mexico  1682- Robert Cavelier de La Salle followed the river to the Gulf and claimed the land for France calling it Louisiana  1718- France founded New Orleans

8. FRENCH & DUTCH SETTLEMENTS New France & New Netherland  French settlement was slow  Estates were set up along the St. Lawrence River  Settlers were brought in in exchange for land  Tenant farmers would work land for the owners for a certain period of time  Got along with Native Americans

9. FRENCH & DUTCH SETTLEMENTS  The Netherlands (Dutch) wanted to gain more resources to send back to their small country  Had a huge naval fleet set up for trade between the Americas, Africa, and the Netherlands  The Dutch West India Company  New Amsterdam was its main colony in the Americas  Built on the tip of Manhattan Island, but the island was later bought from the Manhattoes people for about $24 worth of goods