Where did the European

countries claim land?

Unit 2, Lesson 3 - Vocabulary

Missionn (noun) a place set up by a religious group to teach religion and other ways of life to native people

Trading Postn (noun) a place where

people meet to trade goods

Tributaryn (noun)

a river that flows into a larger river or lake

Slaveryn (noun) the practice of

owning people and forcing them to work without pay

Goals of ExplorationSpain

*Gold (resources)*Spread Christianity

(mission system)*Claim Land

France*Find the Northwest

Passage*Claim land for France

Goals of ExplorationFrance

*Find the Northwest Passage

*Claim land for France

Goals of ExplorationNORTHWEST

PASSAGE

Where should we build our colony?

The best place to build trading posts and towns was near waterways

(lakes, rivers, coastline)

Which other group built near water?

Where should we build our colony?

Where should we build our colony?

Where should we build our colony?What

do you notice about

the location

s of most

missions?

Do people

still settle near water today?

We’re here too!Many other countries explored the New World. Many of them claimed

land: Dutch- New Amsterdam

Fort Orange Sweden- Fort Christina

Russia- Alaska/California

We’re here too!

Columbian Exchange

Diseasen Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough,

chicken pox, bubonic plague, scarlet fever and influenza were the most common microbial diseases exchanged

n Most disease was passed through trade. It was not done intentionally

n Native Americans had not been exposed to the diseases so they could not fight them off

How did disease effect the Native

Americans?n Central Mexico – 25 million natives in 1519 to less than one million in 1605

n Hispaniola – One million natives in 1492 to 46,000 in 1512

Big Ideas & Questions

n How were the expeditions of Ponce de Leon and Coronado alike?

n They were alike because both explorers were exploring parts of America to find gold, but never found it. Instead, they found other landmarks like the Grand Canyon and the Mississippi.

n How did France claim lands around the Mississippi River?

n In 1682, Robert La Salle claimed all the lands around the Mississippi and its tributaries for France. They also built forts and trading posts to protect their claims.

Big Ideas & Questions

n Can you think of an item that we use today that came from another country?

n What did Native American and European settlements have in common? What current settlements share the same characteristics?