Colonizing America: European Explorers

Study Notes

Spanish explorer Coronado explored the region between the Colorado River and the Great Plains
In 1542, King Francis of France sent Giovanni de Verrazano to find a route through North America to the Pacific.
In 1608, French explorer Champlain founded Quebec, which became the capital of New France.
In 1682, French explorer Cartier traveled the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, naming the territory Louisiana.
The first permanent French settlement was Biloxi in 1699.
In 1565, the Spanish founded St. Augustine, the first permanent European town in what is now the United States.
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in 1607
In 1609, Henry Hudson was hired by the Dutch East India Company to find the Northwest Passage but found a river.
The Americas were named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
On September 16, 1620, the Pilgrims set sail to Virginia on the Mayflower.
Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, and celebrated the harvest with a three-day Thanksgiving festival.
Puritans settled in New England, under John Winthrop.
Mercantilism is the theory that a state's power depends on its wealth.
From 1660, Parliament enacted navigation acts that imposed trade restrictions on colonial trade.
In 1734, Jonathan Edwards's religious fervor led to the Great Awakening.
The Virginia House of Burgesses, the first lawmaking assembly of elected representatives in the colonies, met in 1619.