Exploration of North America

1600s

1598

Don Juan First Mission

1565

St. Augustine, Florida

1565

Motivations

1492

Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

Advance Technology

Exploration & Colonization of North America

Spain's Exploration

1534

1673

Exploring the Mississippi River

1664

British Takes New Amsterdam

1626

Manhattan Island Purchased

1608

Quebec City Established

French Colonization

Exploration & Colonization of North America

France & Dutch's Exploration

1607

Economic Activities of the Colonies

What's the difference?

1630

A New Colony

1620

Separatists Move to New World

Colonization of Virginia

Exploration & Colonization of North America

English's Exploration

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A long time ago...

Europe wanted to find new ways to get things like silk, spices, and pottery from Asia. These things used to come on the Silk Road, a long path that went from East to West. But around the 16th century, new people took over in Asia and Europe. Because of this, Europeans decided to build ships and learn how to sail them. Instead of walking on the Silk Road, they started traveling by sea. This way, they could go to faraway places and stay there for a long time.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a person from Italy who loved to explore. He was hired by the rulers of Spain to find a quicker way to get to Asia by sailing west instead of east. They did not want to sail around Africa. In 1492, Columbus landed on an island that he thought was in Asia. But it was actually an island in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus called this new land the "New World." Soon, many powerful European countries, like Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England, wanted to take over this land. They started building homes and staying there forever. Each country had its own reasons for wanting to live in the New World, but they all wanted to be rich and powerful.

Spain wanted three things: fame, fortune, and to be known. They got rich by taking over lands in Central and South America. They destroyed big empires there. Even though they didn't do as well in what is now the United States, you can still see signs of their rule.

Spreading Religion

Spain wanted to teach Native Americans about their religion, called Christianity. They built special places called missions to help Native Americans learn about European ways. The first mission was led by a man named Don Juan in New Mexico in 1598. Over time, these missions got bigger and stronger. Soldiers protected them, and they were used as starting points for people exploring new lands. Missions grew from small villages to big cities. Some of the biggest cities in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California were once missions.

St. Augustine, Florida

The oldest European city in the United States, St. Augustine, Florida, was built by the Spanish in 1565. But many other Spanish cities didn't last because of fights with Native Americans.

A long time ago...

France really wanted to get animal furs from Native Americans. Native Americans were happy to trade their furs for French things. Starting in 1534, France began building homes in Canada and other parts of North America. But France didn't have a lot of power in North America.

Samuel de Champlain

In 1608, a French explorer named Samuel de Champlain built a new city called Quebec City. It was the first city that French people built in North America. Quebec City is still a big city in Canada today!

Dutchen Enters The Race

The Netherlands is a small country, but it had a strong navy. This helped them control trade with islands in a place called Indonesia. They even built homes on these islands. An English explorer named Henry Hudson worked for the Dutch. He was trying to find a new way to get to Indonesia by water. He didn't find it, but he did find a river called the Hudson River. This river flows between New Jersey and New York.

Mississippi River

In 1673, two French explorers named Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette went on a big trip. They traveled down the Mississippi River, a very long river in North America. It was a big adventure!

New Amsterdam

The Dutch built homes along the Hudson River. They bought an island called Manhattan from the people who already lived there in 1626 and named it New Amsterdam. But the Dutch didn't stay in charge for long. In 1664, the British took over New Amsterdam and changed its name to New York.

Pilgrims vs Puritans

Pilgrims arrived with about 100 working-class individuals on the Mayflower, settling in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to separate from the church. Puritans, a larger middle to upper-class group, came 10 years later, wanting to stay with the church and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Puritans

In the 1630s, many more English people called Puritans came to North America. They wanted to practice their religion freely, so they settled in a place called New England. New England is now part of the United States.

England was the best at building homes in North America. In 1607, King James I started a new colony in Virginia. He got help from a group of people who paid for the colony. England wanted to get rich from the New World and find a new way to travel by sea. But they soon had another reason to build homes there.

Separatists

Religion was very important to the British. In 1620, a group of people left England to live in the New World. Many of them were called Separatists. They didn't like the Church of England and wanted to worship in their own way. They were trying to go to Virginia, but their ship got lost and they landed in Massachusetts instead. They named their new home Plymouth, after the place they left in England.

Economic Activities

These were the first Pilgrims, and many more people followed them. The Pilgrims learned how to do many things, like fishing, cutting down trees for wood, and building ships. In the south, colonies made tobacco, rice, and indigo. All of these things helped Britain, until the colonies fought for and won their freedom 200 years later.