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Off to the Races: A Land Up for Grabs
Featuring: England, France, and Spain in a Massive (Illegal?) Land
Grab That Rocked the World
Why Settle/Colonize?
• Gold, God, and Glory!
• Main Reason: Water Route to “The Spice Land of East Indies and China”
• Others:– Gold, silver, and natural resources– Convert Native Americans to Christianity
Spain’s Claims
• Americus Vespucius, South America – 1499– 1507 map with Americus’ name leads to
“America”– First to consider the idea of “New World”
Spain’s Claims, cont.
• Ponce de Leon, Florida – 1513– “Fountain of Youth”– Named Florida after its flowers– Died from arrow wound from natives, 1521
Spain’s Claims, cont.
• Cortes, Tenochtitlan, 1519
• Gold n’ Glory: Made Spain filthy rich– Tricked Aztecs to gain control of city– Later, Baja California, Honduras
Spain’s Claims, cont.
• Pizarro, Peru, 1531– Conquered Incan Empire with
guns, 300 men, and 100 horses– Leader executed; germs kill thousands
Spain’s Claims, cont.
• De Soto, southeastern US, 1539– Looking for “Seven Cities of Cibola”– 600-men expedition fought with natives– Died on exploration
Conquistadors
• Spanish mercenaries
Pirates
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean, 1520s-1700
• English, French, Dutch ships begin plundering/attacking Spanish ships on route home
• *Method– Henry Morgan and torture– Port Royal, Jamaica
French Claims
• Attempt to find “Northwest Passage” to East Asia
• Ended up establishing fur trade with Native Americans
French Claims
• All land west of Mississippi River by Samuel de Champlain, Father Marquette, and Louis Joliet
• Named Louisiana after King Louis XIV
French Claims, cont.
• Acadie (modern-day Nova Scotia, Newfoundland)
English Settlers
• The first Pirates of America (privateers)
• Started out by plundering and stealing gold from Spanish ships along East Coast
English Settlements, cont.
• For-profit individuals/companies settled– Task: Find route to Asia, gold, crops, etc.
• Roanoke, 1585-1588
• Jamestown, 1607– Tobacco
The “Lost Colony” of Roanoke, 1585-1588
• First English settlement in North America
• Settlement stories
Jamestown, 1607
• Established for gold mining and permanent foothold in N.A. for England