1. Competing for Colonies
Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Competing for Colonies

2. Religious Rivalries
Roman Catholics were the first to arrive in the New World
They were the only Christian church in Europe at the time
Martin Luther and the Reformation:
1517- German priest Martin Luther nailed a list of complaints on the door of a Catholic Church
The complaints included: questioning the power and authority of church leaders and the Pope
This brought Reformation to the Catholic Church
Led to a new form of Christianity called Protestantism (doesn’t accept Pope’s leadership) and conflict for European countries

3. Religious Rivalry in Europe
1533 England left Catholicism and became Protestant
Spain gets mad and attacks England with an armada but English ships are too quick – England wins and Spain no longer controls the seas

4. Religious Rivalries in the Americas
Catholics
Spain in SW and SE
France in NE
Protestant
Dutch/English on Atlantic coast between French/Spanish settlements

5. Search for the NW Passage
Northwest Passage – direct water route through the Americas
England sent John Cabot but probably found Newfoundland
France sent Giovanni de Verrazano but sailed Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas
Frenchman Jacques Carter sailed up St. Lawrence River and found Montreal
Netherlands sent Henry Hudson sailed up Hudson River but turned back
2nd attempt he founded Hudson Bay

6. French and Dutch Settlements
French interests – fish/furs for trade with Native Americans
1633 New France became a royal colony
Exploring the Mississippi River
1670s Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette traveled the Mississippi River by canoe
1682 Robert Cavalier de La Salle claimed Louisiana for France

7. New France and New Netherland
Along St. Lawrence River
Tenant farmers were used
Tenant farmers paid rent and worked for their landlord for a set period each year
French and Natives got along because there was no threat to either party
New Netherland
1621 Dutch created Dutch West India Company to run trade between Americas and Africa
New Amsterdam built on Manhattan Island

8. How did the French attitude towards Native Americans differ from that found in the Spanish colonies?
Spain