Exploration and Colonization

From Columbus to the 13 American Colonies

Columbus• 1492- Two month

journey to the “New World”

• Described Indians as “handsome, gentle and generous”

• Treated the natives very harshly, turning them into slaves

• By 1505 he made 4 voyages

• Portugal- South America (Brazil)• France- Canada, Mississippi River Valley looking for fur• England- East coast for settlement

Immigration

Colonial Zones/

Regions

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New England:

Middle:

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Native Americans

Immigration: Why would people risk their lives to move from England to the “New World”?

1)Push- - Overcrowded - Few jobs- Crime, no homes, hunger- Religious abuse

2)Pull- 3) How? Pay/invest or as -open land $$ indentured servants

- religious freedom for Protestant men

Push and pull factors

Anne Hutchinson

William Penn

Colony: A settlement in a distant region governed by a home country. Usually for natural resources and a place to sell goods.

3 Distinct Colonial Zones

New England Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

New England Colonies

Cold, snowy winters, rocky soil-no work force

Forests for wood/timber

Ship building/trade

Puritan Christianity & religious freedom

Middle Colonies

Religious Freedom

Hunting

Small Farms

Coal

Staple crops

Southern Colonies

Sugar

Tobacco

Rice

Indigo Slaves

Warm climate & fertile soil=long growing season for CA$H crops

Native Americans• Most Natives are killed• Disease is largest

factor- smallpox, measles, chicken pox, influenza, TB

• Also by war• Despite this, Indians

are usually helpful: helped colonists plant corn to survive