Transcript Section 2: European Competition in North America

Section 2:
European Competition
in North America
Miss King
West Meck High
► Europeans searching for a water route through
North America to Asia – The NORTHWEST
PASSAGE. Many expeditions but all failed. John
Cabot, Jacquire Cartier and Giovanni Verrazano
did not find a Northwest Passage; they found
land around present day CANADA.
► French and English lay claims to land in
Americas and angers Spain. Spain responds to
the competition and clashes with England.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada in
1588 has two important effects:
1. England remains
independent and
Protestant.
2. Spain’s IMAGE
SUFFERS. The
world saw that
Spain could be
beaten and other
nations joined
England in
challenging Spain.
France and the Netherlands seek wealth
through the fur trade in North America.
►
Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN – explored the St. Lawrence River and
started a fur trading post at Quebec. This colony was called New
France.
Dutch built colony New
Netherland located along
Hudson River. In 1626 Dutch
bought MANHATTAN Island
from Native Americans and
founded colony New
Amsterdam.