Other Nations Explore

1. Other Nations Explore Unit 2 Chapter 3 Lesson 4 Pages 138-143 Created 10-8-2008

2. Objectives • Describe the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of European explorers. • Trace the routes of the explorers and identify the areas they claimed.

3. Northwest Passage A water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean Mutiny Rebellion Vocabulary

4. PEOPLE

5. Giovanni da Verrazano • Italian Sailor • Sent by Francis I (French King) • Find the Northwest Passage

6. Jacques Cartier • French navigator • Sent by King Francis in 1534 • Find the Northwest passage • Also find gold

7. Henry Hudson • English explorer • Sent by company in England in 1608 • Find the Northwest Passage

8. Northwest Passage

9. Northwest Passage Idea • 1500’s  Spain is rich and controls a large empire • Other European rulers wanted to find a shortcut to Asia • Magellan’s route long and dangerous • Northwest Passage would be a route that goes through or around North America • Wealth & riches were to be gained

10. Exploration Details

11. 1524 - French • Send Verrazano • Lands in what is North Carolina today • Sailed north along the coast • Meets many natives, some friendly, some not • Did not go any higher than Newfoundland (Canada) • Made 2 more trips, but never found a passage

13. 1534 - French • Send Cartier • Made 3 trips between 1534-1541 • To look for NW Passage and Gold • 1st Trip  Reached mouth of the St. Lawrence River • 2nd Trip  Traveled up the St. Lawrence and ended at Montreal • 3rd Trip  Found no passage or gold

15. 1608 - English • Henry Hudson • 1st-two explorations paid for by a company in England • Sailed east of Greenland north to the Arctic Ocean, but not NW Passage

16. Hudson 3rd voyage • Dutch East India Company paid • Company located in Holland (aka Netherlands) • Explored a river in now N.Y. • Claimed the land for the Dutch • Named the river after himself (Hudson River)

18. Hudson – 4th voyage • 1610, paid for by an English company • Sailed along northern coast of North America to the Hudson Bay (named by Hudson)  located in Canada • Claimed this land for England • By Nov. ship was frozen in ice. • His crew mutinied • Set Hudson & 8 others adrift in small boat • He was never to be seen again

19. Explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas. • Henry Hudson

20. What did Cartier, Hudson, and Verrazano search for in North America? • Northwest Passage

21. What happened during Hudson’s last voyage? • His crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea

22. Why did so many Europeans want to find the Northwest Passage? • Europeans believed the passage would be a shortcut to Asia and would provide wealth and power and trade control.

23. What were some of the costs of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors? • Money to pay for ships, crew, supplies • Ships could sink • An explorer might not find anything of value

24. What were some of the benefits of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors? • Finding gold, furs, and other valuable resources • Claiming new lands • Gaining power • Spreading Christianity

25. Who was the first European explorer to explore land that became part of the United States? • Juan Ponce de Leon

26. What was Coronado searching for? • Seven Cities of Gold

27. What problems did Magellan’s crew face on their trip around the world? • Hunger, illness, and the death of their leader

28. How was Columbus mistaken about the lands he claimed for Spain? • Columbus thought the lands were in the Indies.

29. What group of Europeans explored North America about A.D. 1000? • The Vikings

30. A sum of money given for a specific purpose. • Grant

31. A trip taken with the goal of exploring. • Expedition

32. An agreement between two or more countries. • treaty

33. A Spanish conqueror in the Americas. • Conquistador

34. A change. • reform

35. To rebel against the leader of one’s group. • mutiny

36. The End