1. Exploring North America
SECTION 4
Exploring North America

2. RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS Martin Luther “95 Theses”
1517
Martin Luther
“95 Theses”
Complaints (Protest)against the Catholic Church
RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS

3. PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Christian religions born outside of Catholicism
Lutheran (Martin Luther)
Did not believe the Pope was any different than others
Only God could forgive sins
Shouldn’t be able to “confess” and make it all better without guilt
People should work to do good, not whatever you want and then ask for forgiveness
PROTESTANT REFORMATION

4. Calvinism John Calvin France, Netherlands, Scotland
Rejected the idea of good works alone ensured salvation
Believed in the all-powerful nature of God
Missionaries spread faith
Calvinism

5. Anglican King Henry VIII of England Began his own church
Many similarities to Catholicism, BUT
6 wives, never gave him a son (heir)
Had to get rid of them somehow…
Made divorce legal
Anglican

6. RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES Catholic French (NE) and Spanish (SW and SE)
Vs Protestant Dutch and English (Atlantic coast)
Rivalry filtered over into North America (US and Canada)
RELIGIOUS RIVALRIES

7. French and Dutch had religious differences, but similar ideas on how to deal with Natives and purpose for being there.
Spanish and English also had similar ideas
RUTHLESS
WATCH LATER…

8. Economics
Mercantilism- System where a country’s value/ power is based on how much gold it has
Export more than you import
Use as few of your own products as possible
Nation’s wealth comes before the wealth of the people

9. NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Water route to Asia through the northern part of North America
1497 John Cabot - England
1524 Giovanni Verrazano - France
1535 Jacques Cartier – French
Sailed up the St. Lawrence River
Named place “Mont Royal”
Montreal

10. HENRY HUDSON Dutch Present-day New York area and Canada
Hudson River and Hudson Bay
HENRY HUDSON

11. FRENCH GOALS Trading furs and fishing
NOT extending an empire, spreading faith…
Samuel de Champlain (Fur trader)
Established settlement in Quebec
FRENCH GOALS

12. DUTCH IN NEW YORK Manhattan Island Peter Minuit
Paid $24 in beads, cloth, axes for the island
DUTCH IN NEW YORK