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First European Settlements in North America

First European Settlements in North America. SOL History 3.2. St. Augustine, Florida. First permanent Spanish speaking colony Date started 1565. Pedro Menendez de Aviles. Founder Appointed Governor by King Phillip II Instructed to drive out pirates and settlers from other nations.

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First European Settlements in North America

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  1. First European Settlements in North America SOL History 3.2

  2. St. Augustine, Florida • First permanent Spanish speaking colony • Date started 1565

  3. Pedro Menendez de Aviles • Founder • Appointed Governor by King Phillip II • Instructed to drive out pirates and settlers from other nations

  4. Don Juan Ponce de Leon • Spanish explorer and treasure hunter • 1513 claimed land for Spain • Named it La Florida “Land of Flowers”

  5. Natural Resources • Good harbor • Mild climate • Coquina

  6. Reason for exploration • To protect the trade from pirates

  7. Jamestown, Virginia • First permanent English speaking colony. • Date started: 1607

  8. Captain John Smith • First leader • Said “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.:

  9. Captain Christopher Newport • An English explorer • Came over with Captain John Smith to Jamestown

  10. John Rolfe • Responsible for growing a new type of tobacco

  11. Powhatan • Native American leader of the Algonquin tribe. • Father of Pocahontas

  12. Pocahontas • Daughter of Powhatan • Married to John Rolfe • Reported to have saved the life of Captain John Smith

  13. Slavery and Indentured Servants • Began because of high demand for tobacco

  14. Reason for exploration • Get rich from natural resources • Trade with the Virginia Company

  15. Quebec, Canada • First permanent French speaking colony. • Started in 1608

  16. Samuel de Champlain • Founder of Quebec

  17. Reason for settlement • To trade beaver furs

  18. Native Americans • Hurons – friends • Iroquois - enemies

  19. Jacques Cartier • Explorer • 1535, Cartier sailed up the St. LawrenceRiver

  20. Common things for all colonists • Settled along the coast because it offered a good port. • Water was the natural resource all colonists depended on.

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