Topic: History Has Made Us Friends

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TopicHistory Has Made Us Friends
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Early Inhabitants

• Groups of Indians and Inuits came to the region
  long before Europeans did living along the
  rivers, on the plains, and in the woodlands.
• These groups had their own language and their
  own culture.

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First Europeans

• Vikings - 1000s
• (from Scandinavia)
• Built permanent settlements in Greenland, and
  then Newfoundland.
• 1492 Columbus reached the New World

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First Europeans

• French
• Sent explorers
• Jacques Cartier
• Traveled inland in the Northeast and claimed
  Canada for the French
• Samuel de Champlain
• Explored New France (Quebec) and founded
  Quebec City called The Father of New France

• Spanish
• Sent explorers
• Hernando De Soto
• From Florida through the southern US to the
  Mississippi River
• Francisco de Coronado
• Led a very large expedition from Mexico through
  the Southwest to the Grand Canyon and Colorado
  River

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First Europeans

• British
• Sent explorers
• John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto)
• East coast of what is now the United States
  called The Admiral of the Ocean Sea
• Jamestown 1605
• 13 colonies were later established

• Russians
• Sent explorers
• - Along West coast and what is now Alaska

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Causes of Exploration

• Causes
• Desire for Wealth and Power European explorers
  hoped to find riches in distant countries and to
  discover a sea route to Asia.
• Religious Aims Europeans hoped to spread
  Christianity and to drive Muslims out of other
  lands.
• Renaissance Spirit European adventurers wanted
  to test the limits of human ability and to
  explore the unknown.
• Improvements in Technology Europeans began to
  build stronger and faster sailing ships. They
  developed better navigational instruments and
  more accurate maps.

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Immediate Effects

1. Sailors learned more about geography and improved
   navigation technology.
2. The Portuguese built plantations and trading
   posts in West Africa, and they discovered a sea
   route to India.
3. Columbus was the first to reach America.
4. Magellans crew sailed around the world.

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Long-Term Effects

• European nations competed to establish colonies
  in the Americas and greatly expanded their wealth
  and power.
• The slave trade expanded.

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