1. Early European Exploration
KUDos:
Know:
Early European Exploration
Understand:
SS8H1 b. Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the explorations of Hernando De Soto.
c. Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the French, Spanish, and British in the southeastern area.
Do:
Wildcat Workout (New)
Solar Eclipse Day!

2. Reasons for Exploration
The 3 G’s
God: to spread their religion and/or escape religious persecution
Gold: heard rumors of excessive amounts of gold, wanted to become wealthier
Glory: more land=more power
Other Reasons
Over-population: Land was scarce but more people were moving to the cities
Trade: explorers thought a faster route to Asia could be found in the New World (America)

3. Spain Exploration Goals: Explorers Christopher Columbus
Convert Indians to Christianity
Bring honor to Spain and its conquistadors
Find gold and expand Spanish trade empire
Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
By the 1500s, Spain had numerous settlements from Florida to Georgia

4. Hernando De Soto
In 1540, a Spanish conquistador (Explore and Conquer) named Hernando De Soto led 600 soldiers across Georgia.
1st explorer to adventure through Georgia
De Soto was searching for “cities of gold”.
De Soto’s men tortured and enslaved the natives in order to gain information about gold and silver locations.
He never found the gold, but he did leave a lasting impact on the Native Americans in Georgia.

5. English Exploration Colonialism Mercantilism
Under Queen Elizabeth (1558) England more prosperous/stable
Built larger Navy
Permission to found colonies
Also looking for riches, power, resources from colonies
King James I continues this work
Mercantilism
System of government controlled trade

6. Mercantilism Mercantilism- trade policy where:
1- colonies provide raw materials
2- England manufactures goods
3- England sells goods back to the colonies
England GETS RICH!

7. French Exploration 1562 -Ribault & Huguenots settled at Charles Fort
Huguenot: French Protestant
Came to new world in search of religious freedom
Tried to settle in Florida, Spain drove them out
In 1603, French explorers found great numbers of beaver in eastern Canada and claimed the area for France.
This became the center for the fur trade in the New World.
The French also explored along the Mississippi River and established settlements like New Orleans and Mobile.

8. Effects on Natives
De Soto and other Spanish explorers brought horrible diseases that devastated the Native American population.
Some of the diseases included smallpox, influenza, measles, and chicken pox.
The natives had no resistance to the diseases.
Entire villages were wiped out at a time.
Societies vanished, assimilation
Steel Weapons/horses
Survivors form modern tribes like Creek and Cherokee