Chapter 4 lesson 1

Pages 122-125

Read Pages Read Pages

122122--125 silently 125 silently

and answer the and answer the

following following

questions in questions in

your Social your Social

Studies Studies

composition composition

book!book!

1. What land did John Cabot think he

had reached in 1497? What did he

really reach?

2. What happened when Spain tried to

invade England?

3. Why did European explorers search

for a Northwestern Passage?

Claim

•• Something Something

declared to declared to

belong to belong to belong to belong to

someone, someone,

especially landespecially land

ARMADA

•A Fleet

of

WarshipsWarships

INVASION

•The entry of an armed force into another into another country to conquer it

John CabotJohn Cabot• Italian explorer

• Thought he could

reach Asia by sailing

across Atlantic

Ocean

• They wanted a faster

way to bring riches

back from Asia

• Arrived in Canada

• Found rich fishing

area

• Sea route became

the Northwest

Passage

France Explores

North America• France sent Giovanni da Verrazano to look for

Northwest passage

• Explored area of New York City• Explored area of New York City

• 10 years later – Jacques Cartier sailed up the St.

Lawrence River in Canada

• 1608 – Samuel de Champlain discovers Quebec

• Quebec is the 1st permanent French settlement in

North America that was a fur trading post

Henry Hudson• Dutch wanted to search also

• Dutch – people in the Netherlands

• Explored Hudson • Explored Hudson River for the Dutch

• English Captain

• Found Hudson Bay in Canada for the English

• No one ever found a Northwest Passage

Spain and England

• Spanish found gold and silver

• English ships attacked Spanish ships

• Francis Drake, an English sea captain,

gave gold to Queen Elizabeth of Englandgave gold to Queen Elizabeth of England

• Conflicts over religion – Spain Roman

Catholic, English - Protestant

The Spanish

Armanda

• King Phillip built an Army of 130 ships

• 1588 – Spanish Armada sailed to England to attack

• England was ready for the invasion and defeated the Spanishdefeated the Spanish

• England claimed more land in the Americas

The Spanish Armada

Cause

Effect

England claimed land in

the Americas

Effect

England defeated

the Spanish

Armada

England did not become

Catholic