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The Search for the Northwest Passage

The Search for the Northwest Passage. England, France and the Netherlands. The Treaty of Tordesillas. Pope Alexander VI drew a line of demarcation . This line split the unexplored world into _2_ parts. All lands wes t of the line belonged to Spain .

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The Search for the Northwest Passage

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  1. The Search for the Northwest Passage England, France and the Netherlands

  2. The Treaty of Tordesillas • Pope Alexander VI drew a line of demarcation. • This line split the unexplored world into _2_ parts. • All lands west of the line belonged to Spain. • All lands east of the line belonged to Portugal. • Divided whole unexplored world between Spain and Portugal. • ***Other European countries competed with Spain for control over territory in the Americas**

  3. The Search for the Northwest Passage A more direct water route to Asia • ENGLAND • John Cabot • Sailed in 1497 • Landed on the coast of present day New Foundland • England used his voyage as a basis for claims in North America.

  4. FRANCE • Giovanni daVerranzano • Sailed in 1524 • Explored present day Nova Scotia down to present day Carolinas • Jacques Cartier • Sailed up the St. Lawrence river • Hoped it would lead to the Pacific • Named a location – Mont Royal – present day Montreal

  5. NETHERLANDS • Henry Hudson • Start of the Dutch claims on the North American continent. • 1609 discovered a river which now bears his name….. • Discovered Hudson Bay

  6. FRANCE • **** Did not view the Americas as a way to expand their empire • Viewed the Americas as an economic opportunity- profits from fishing and fur trading. • New France

  7. NETHERLANDS • Also established trading colonies in the Americas, but would also colonize. • New Netherland

  8. Portugal, Spain, France, England and the Netherlands • All had claims and colonies in America.

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