Why and where did European

countries claim land?

Unit 2, Lesson 4- Vocabulary

Agenda• Vocabulary

• Review of claimed lands

Chartern (noun) an

official document from an authority to do something

Settlementn (noun) a

place to live that is set up in a new area

Jamestown

Which countries claimed land in the

new world?SPAIN

FRANCE

ENGLAND

PORTUGAL

Which countries claimed land in the

new world?Many other countries explored the New World. Many of them claimed

land: Dutch- New Amsterdam

Fort Orange Sweden- Fort Christina

Russia- Alaska/California

What were they looking for?

Many other countries explored the New World looking for the Northwest Passage.

Many explorers believed there was another way (or Northwest Passage) through North America that would take them east to Asia.

They mapped much of the northeast of North America (Hudson, Champlain, Cartier)

Claimed Lands

Lesson 4-Questions

• Why did colonists in the Americas often build their homes near bodies of water?• Colonists settled near bodies of

water so that they could move people and supplies easily and have access to fish and other supplies.

• What are a few words we use today that come from another language?• Words like alligator, cruise,

parade, and yam come from other languages.