1. European Exploration and Colonization

2. Colonization
From the Greek word “colonos” meaning people who live away from here
Various ideas and approaches to colonization of the New World
Spain viewed the New World as a source of wealth, and raw resources.
Forced conversions to Christianity
France held a similar view, but was more religiously tolerant
Canada & Louisiana
England saw the New World as a dumping ground for social misfits.
Sought an expansion of imperial holdings.
Colonists sought land, religious freedom, wealth, adventure

3. Spain in the New World Oct. 11, 1492 Columbus discovered the New World
Made 3 more journeys, but never believed that he was not near India.
1513 Ponce de Leon discovered Florida “Pasqua de la Flores”

4. Spain 1519-1521 Hernando Cortez conquered the Aztecs
1528 Panfilo Narvaez surveyed the Gulf of Mexico
1532 Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas
1539 Hernando de Soto explored the southeast
1565 St. Augustine founded
1588 Spanish Armada defeated

5. Spain After the Armada’s Defeat
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 the Spanish began a slow, but steady decline.
Both England and France engaged in acts of piracy against Spanish shipping.
This also allowed the English and French to pursue their own colonial agendas in the New World.
Neither power’s first attempts at colonization were successful.

6. France in the New World
1534 Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in search of the Northwest Passage.
1605 Port Royal (Canada)
1608 Quebec City
1699 Ft. Biloxi
1711 Ft. Mobile
1717 Ft. Toulouse
1722 New Orleans