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Communities and Their Histories

Communities and Their Histories. Chapter 7. Vocabulary. Explorer : A person who travels looking for new lands Fleet : A large group of ships Fortification : Walls around a building used for protection

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Communities and Their Histories

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  1. Communities and Their Histories Chapter 7

  2. Vocabulary • Explorer: A person who travels looking for new lands • Fleet: A large group of ships • Fortification: Walls around a building used for protection • Representative Government: Voters elect people to speak for them in arepresentative government.

  3. Iroquois • Oneida County, New York • Quebec Canada • Iroquis lived here when explores arrived • Corn main crop • Set up government • Rules protects rights groups • Explorers had different customs • Led to conflict

  4. Early Explorers • Portugal • Spain • France • England • Traded with India, China • Very long route • Searching for a water route • Hoping to make trade faster

  5. Places • Oneida County, New York: home to the Iroquois. • Portugal: in south western Europe • Spain: a country in south western Europe • France: a country in western Europe • England: the southern part of Great Britain • St. Augustine, Florida: a city; the oldest settlement in the USA • Quebec City: a city in Canada • Jamestown, Virginia: the first permanent English settlement in America • James River: the river that Jamestown in located on

  6. Christopher Columbus • Born in Italy • Goal: find route to Asia • Sailed for Spain • Landed in The Bahamas • Explored America

  7. Hernando de Soto • Sailed for Spain • Explored North America

  8. Juan Ponce de Leon • Sailed for Spain • Explored Florida

  9. Jacques Cartier • Sailed for France • Explored Canada (the St. Lawrence River)

  10. Samuel de Champlain • Sailed for France • Explored Canada (Quebec)

  11. John Cabot • Born in Italy • Sailed for England • Explored North America

  12. Henry Hudson • Sailed for England and Holland • Explored the Hudson Bay Area

  13. Spanish Community • Ponce de Leon • St. Augustine Florida • Land of flowers • Hoped to find riches • Land perfect for farming • 1521- brought 200 settlers hoping to build a city • Spanish landed first • Battle broke out • Ponce de Leon killed by arrow

  14. Fight for Florida • 1564- French set up colony on St, John's river • Threatened Spanish treasure ships safety • Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles- most experience admiral sent to be governor Florida

  15. Fight for Florida • Castillo de San Marcos • Sheltered from ocean • Defended easily • Later called St. Augustine • Defeated French fleet with help of hurricane • Coast Florida controlled by Spanish • St. Augustine 1st permanent European settlement in North America

  16. St. Augustine today • Beaches • Visit historic sights • Oldest standing house in US • Oldest stone fort- Castillo de San Marcos • Fort Moses- protected Africans from slavery

  17. Don Pedro Mendenez de Aviles • Sailed for Spain • Explored St. Augustine, Florida

  18. Christopher Newport • Sailed for England • Explored Jamestown

  19. John Smith • English • Lead Jamestown

  20. Powhatan • Algonquin chief • Lived in what is now Virginia

  21. Pocahontas • A Native American woman • Helped the English settlers • Married an Englishman

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