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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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'''US History timeline & concept chart: early North American colonization'''
'''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
* lack of population migration
** 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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* timeline here<br><br>
* 1602 Dutch East India Company formed to explore North American to find passage to Asia<br>
* 17xx xxxx<br><br>
* 1610 Henry Hudson makes claims for Netherlands<br>
* 17xx xxxx<br><br><br>
* 1623 New Netherland founded, with settlements in modern Delaware and New Jersey
* 17xx xxxx<br><br>
* 1626 Dutch East India Company purchases Manhattan Island from Lenape tribe; New Amsterdam established (modern NYC)<br>
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* 1664 British seize New Amsterdam and rename it New York
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
* bid ideas here
* 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