1. Miss Bucella Colonial Unit
Colonial Notes
Miss Bucella
Colonial Unit

2. What was in America?
Opportunity
Mobility
Freedom
Liberty

3. Why be a colonist? A new place to live New jobs A place to be free
New opportunities

4. What were they leaving behind in Europe?
Hard times
Rigidity
Restraint
Persecution

5. Motives… The Europeans had good motives for leaving Europe.
What is a motive?
A reason for doing something

6. Persecution… Many Europeans left because of persecution
What is persecution?
Mistreatment of a group based on something that makes them different than most others (race, religion, gender…)

7. Three Countries… Three New Settlements
France
Spain
England

8. New Spain
The Spanish settled in the Southwest of the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands
MOTIVE - Wanted to get gold, slaves for plantations, and sugar plantations

9. New Spain, Cont. King of Spain was in charge of Spanish lands
Conquistadors (Spanish soldiers) and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America

10. New France
The French settled in all of Canada, near the St. Lawrence River, around the Great Lakes, and west of the Mississippi.
The capitol was Quebec in Canada.

11. New France, Cont.
MOTIVE - Main source of money was through the fur trade
Traders, trappers, and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America