The Struggle for North AmericaChapter 3 Section 3

Objectives:1. Explain why the colony of New France grew so slowly2. Analyze the establishment and growth of the English

colonies3. Understand why Europeans competed for power in North

America and how their struggle affected Native Americans

I. The French• Claims in Canada

– New France• Jacques Cartier

– Discovered the St. Lawrence River• Allowed him to claim most of Present day Eastern

Canada for the French• Fur Traders

– Helped expand France’s claims• Quebec to Louisiana

– High demand– Very profitable– Native American Alliances

II. The English• First Settlement

– Jamestown, VA (1607)• Failed until Tobacco

• Plymouth, MA– The Pilgrims

• Seeking religious freedoms (PURITANS)• Colonies grow

– Due to resources• Fishing• Lumber• Farms• Cash Crops

– Government• King held direct rule over the colonies

III. Struggling for Power• France and England are top powers• Claims

– France• Canada and Central United States

– Spain• Southwest United States, Texas and Flordia

– England• Maintained colonies on the East Coast

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)– The Seven Years’ War in Europe– The Treaty of Paris (1763)

• Ended the War1. French have to transfer Canada and the lands east of the

Mississippi River to England2. Spain (Allied with France) gives Florida to the British