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Colonial Notes. Miss Bucella Colonial Unit. What was in America?. Opportunity Mobility Freedom Liberty. Why be a colonist?. A new place to live New jobs A place to be free New opportunities. What were they leaving behind in Europe?. Hard times Rigidity Restraint Persecution. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Colonial Notes
Miss BucellaColonial Unit
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What was in America?
• Opportunity• Mobility• Freedom• Liberty
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Why be a colonist?• A new place to
live• New jobs• A place to be free• New opportunities
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What were they leaving behind in Europe?
• Hard times• Rigidity• Restraint• Persecution
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Motives…• The Europeans had good motives
for leaving Europe.
• What is a motive?– A reason for doing something
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Persecution…• Many Europeans left because of
persecution
• What is persecution?– Mistreatment of a group based on
something that makes them different than most others (race, religion, gender…)
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Three Countries…Three New Settlements
• France• Spain• England
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New Spain• The Spanish settled in the
Southwest of the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands
• MOTIVE - Wanted to get gold, slaves for plantations, and sugar plantations
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New Spain, Cont.• King of Spain was in
charge of Spanish lands
• Conquistadors (Spanish soldiers) and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America
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New France• The French settled in all of Canada,
near the St. Lawrence River, around the Great Lakes, and west of the Mississippi.
• The capitol was Quebec in Canada.
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New France, Cont.• MOTIVE - Main source of money
was through the fur trade
• Traders, trappers, and missionaries were the main groups that came to settle America