2.2 Spain Starts an Empire Box 1 ► Columbus went to Haiti ► Cortes went to Mexico ► Pizarro went to Peru

2.2 Spain Starts an Empire Box 2 ► Spanish settlers looking for gold terrorized Natives ► Created sugar plantations forcing natives into slavery ► Disease and work killed natives ► Spanish started African slave trade

2.2 Spain Starts an Empire Box 3 ► Spanish treat Natives badly ► Cortes attacks and controls Aztecs ► Pizarro conquers Incas ► Brought disease and killed all who were in their way

2.3 The Spanish Borderlands Box 1

► Ponce De Leon took 200 men to establish a colony to find the fountain of youth on the border of North America (Florida) ► Coronado looked for gold setting up villages all the way to the great plains

2.3 The Spanish Borderlands Box 2 ► Soldiers lived In walled forts called Presidios ► Priests established missions to convert Native Americans to Catholicism/Christianity

2.3 The Spanish Borderlands Box 3 ► Teaching each other how to grow food and new skills for living ► Natives treated poorly. ► Forced into slavery and killed by disease

2.4 New France Box 1 ► Jacques Cartier was looking for the North West Passage to Asia and ran into Canada. Claimed Canada for France ► Robert De La Salle Explored Mississippi river and sets up a colony in Louisiana

2.4 New France Box 2 ► Trading posts ► Fur Trappers ► Set up missionaries to teach the Native’s about Catholic life

2.4 New France Box 3 ► Good friends/ business partners ► Became allies with Huron Indians ► Accidentally killed Natives from disease

2.5 Jamestown: The First English Colony Box 1 ► John Cabot sails for England looking for the Northwest Passage.

► Lands on Newfoundland claiming North America for England ► English also establish a settlement in Jamestown

2.5 Jamestown: The First English Colony Box 2 ► Jamestown life was hard ► Located in a swamp full of disease ► Settlers unable to provide for themselves ► John Smith made things better until he returned to England and the Native’s Refused to trade, called “the starving time”

2.5 Jamestown: The First English Colony Box 3 ► Captain John Smith became friends with Natives ► Pocahontas helped colonist avoid starvation until John Smith left causing the Starving time ► Pocahontas married John Rolfe creating improved relations with the natives

Explorers to Carolina

► Verrazano    Sailed for France in 1524 looking for North West passage. Explored the Coast of North Carolina. Found natives, no gold, no route to China ► Desoto    Sailed for Spain between 1539 and 1540.

Landed on South Carolina coast and explored for Gold in North Carolina Mountains. Found no gold and died in the process

► Pardo    Explored for Spain in 1569. Searched all of North Carolina for gold and left priests in areas to convert Native’s to Christianity. Found no gold but did convert native’s to Christianity ► Sir Walter Raleigh    Sailed for England between 1578-1584.

Looked for North West Passage and gold.

Found no passage or gold but found friendly natives

Exploration map