7th Period 5/141. Complete the Lesson 2 quiz (get it

from Mrs. Leonard), put answer on a separate sheet of paper. You may use your lesson 2 handout, pages 441 and R16 of the textbook on the quiz

2. Complete the Colonization: for Gold, God, and Glory worksheet (get from Mrs. Leonard after the quiz)

3. When you have finished your assignments you may get your assigned laptop

Chapter 15 Lesson 3European Colonization

Europeans in the Americas

The Americas Before Contact Native population = 50 to 100 million Approximately 500 + Native American

tribes Highly organized societies (villages and

semi-nomadic)

The First “Settlements”American Indians settled the Americas approx.

40,000 years ago

1565 Spain established a fort at St. Augustine in Florida (oldest European settlement in North

America)

The Spanish introduced horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and new vocabulary (mustang, bronco, rodeo) to the Americas

SpainHorrible Histories: American Report

The Effects of Contact 80 to 100 % of Native American populations wiped out

by European diseases (such as smallpox and measles)

Why?- Native Americans were geographically cut off from these diseases

- did not live in large cities or have contact w/ different people

Results: - Europeans encountered fewer Native Americans = less

resistance - Europeans took Native American territories with ease

and made it their own

Smallpox

RelationsAt first some on both sides were friendlyAs more Europeans arrived relations

began to change

Europeans begin enslaving Natives

Europeans Change in Thinking

God is on our sideNatives are uncivilized

European ColonizationWith smaller populations of Natives and more

advanced weapons Europeans began to colonize the Americas

Colonies - Settlements in conquered lands; physically separate from, but under control of another country

Mercantilism – an economic policy used in colonies; a country uses colonies to obtain raw materials to make into products.

Colonies

Horrible Histories: American Colonization

Horrible Histories:Pilgrims Rap

Mercantilism

Pop Quiz

Pop Quiz 1. A colony was formed in the region where

the Aztecs had been defeatedA) PortugalB) SpainC) Great Britain

2. Began exploring Africa in the 1400sA) SpainB) PortugalC) France

Pop Quiz3. Encomienda system of force labor was

established by the governmentA) FranceB) Great BritainC) Spain

4. First colony was found in QuebecA) PortugalB) FranceC) Spain

Pop Quiz5. A settlement that is physically separate from,

but under the control of, a ruling countryA) encomiendaB) colonyC) mercantilism

6. An economic policy in which a country uses colonies to become wealthy and powerfulA) encomiendaB) colonyC) mercantilism

Pop Quiz7. Which explorer sailed from Spain and landed in

the West Indies?A) MagellanB) Da GamaC) Columbus

8. Which explorer and his crew set out to circumnavigate the world?

A) MagellanB) Da GamaC) Columbus