US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions
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* 1492 Columbus lands in Caribbean | * 1492 Columbus lands in Caribbean | ||
* 1497 British explore North American coast | * 1497 British explore North American coast | ||
* 1524 Verrazano expedition on behalf of France | |||
* 1540 Spanish expeditions into modern U.S. territory by Coronado (Southwest) & de Soto Southeast) | |||
*1541 Cartier expedition to the St. Lawrence River | |||
* 1565 Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida | |||
* 1588 England defeats Spanish Armada | |||
* 1608 French explorer Champlain founds Quebec | |||
* 1609 Sante Fe founded by Spanish | |||
* 1523/1534 French expeditions to Canada | * 1523/1534 French expeditions to Canada | ||
|| '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | || '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes''' | ||
=== political and economic background === | === political and economic background === | ||
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* European motives in trade and religion | * European motives in trade and religion | ||
* Columbian Exchange impacts | * Columbian Exchange impacts | ||
* French expansion into St. Lawrence waterway, Great Lakes region and Mississippi River | |||
* Spanish missions in modern Texas | |||
'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
* Christopher Columbus (Spanish expedition) | * Christopher Columbus (Spanish expedition) | ||
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** subsequent French expeditions further explored the St. Lawrence River waterways | ** subsequent French expeditions further explored the St. Lawrence River waterways | ||
*** and established trade relations with Native Americans, especially the Iroquois | *** and established trade relations with Native Americans, especially the Iroquois | ||
* Spanish expeditions Gulf and Western U.S. | |||
** 1540 Spanish expeditions into modern U.S. territory by Coronado (Southwest) & de Soto (Southeast) | |||
** Spanish colonize American Southwest but not the Southeast | |||
** primary motive in settling in modern Texas is to block French expansion across Gulf region | |||
*** do not generally populate either region | |||
* 1540-1600 French colonization slows | |||
** French religious wars halt French colonization of the North America | |||
* 1600 French interest in North America for fur trade | |||
** 1605 Samuel de Champolain establishes French colon ig Acadia (now Nova Scotia) | |||
** 1608 founds Quebec, capital of New France | |||
** couriers de bois | |||
*** integrated with Native Americans | |||
*** explored upper Midwest | |||
* 1663 New France declared official French colony by Louis XIV | |||
** France incentives migration to New France, sending women to marry men already there, providing financial rewards for having children | |||
*** to contrast with British colonial push/pull factors | |||
** late 1600s migration of French Huegenots (protestants) | |||
** 1682 La Salle exploration of Mississippi River (called "big river" by Algonquians) | |||
*** establishes connection of New France to Gulf of Mexico | |||
*** French focus on Mississippi River trade, establishing trade posts in Louisiana | |||
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