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''' | '''1621US History timeline & concept chart: early North American colonization''' | ||
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* | * 1534 Jacques Cartier expedition explores to Newfoundland and St. Lawrence River | ||
* 1541 Cap-Rouge: first French settlement at modern day Quebec City (fails) | |||
* 1608 Samuel de Champlain explores Great Lakes and establishes Quebec | |||
* 1701 Detroit settlement by Antoine de la Moth Cadillac | |||
* 1718 New Orleans established | |||
* 1763 Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years War / French- Indian War; France cedes all territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain | |||
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=== New France === | === New France === | ||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
* primary objective = fur trade | * early French settlements along North American East coast fail | ||
* | ** later settlements endure, but populations remain low | ||
* less competition with Native Americans over land and land use | *** settlements include in modern Canada, Florida Coast and Gulf of Mexico (modern Alabama and Louisiana) | ||
** lack of migration from France = low populations | |||
* French North American primary objective = fur trade | |||
** less competition with Native Americans over land and land use | |||
** "''couriers du bois''" = French sent to explore, learn from and trade with native tribes | |||
** frequent inter-marriages between French men and Native American women | |||
* '''Beaver Wars''' | * '''Beaver Wars''' | ||
** French and Algonquin allies against Iroquois League | ** French and Algonquin allies against Iroquois League | ||
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* | * 1602 Dutch East India Company formed to explore North American to find passage to Asia<br> | ||
* | * 1610 Henry Hudson makes claims for Netherlands<br> | ||
* | * 1623 New Netherland founded, with settlements in modern Delaware and New Jersey | ||
* | * 1626 Dutch East India Company purchases Manhattan Island from Lenape tribe; New Amsterdam established (modern NYC)<br> | ||
* | * 1664 British seize New Amsterdam and rename it New York | ||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
* | * Dutch explorations and settlements in North American were focused on 1) finding passageway to Asia; and 2) trade with Native Americans and the Caribbean | ||
'''DETAILS''' | '''DETAILS''' | ||
* details here | * details here |