University:
Felician University
Course:
HIST-110 | World Geography and Culture
Academic year:

2019
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60

Pages:

10
Author:

SpaceCadet101

Conflict in Early America In this chapter: vEuropeans will continue to disrupt Native American peoples and their homelands. vThe resentment of American colonists against the British government will result in the Revolutionary War. vPresident Thomas Jefferson will expand the nation with the purchase of Louisiana from the French and send multiple expeditions to chart the territory and interact with the Natives. Section 1: Colonial Times After more than a hundred years in Central and South America, each of the three European powers began establishing North American colonies. The Spanish wanted wealth and to convert the natives to Christianity. The British wanted the land for their settlers. The French wanted the fur trade. The Spanish built the city of St. Augustine on Florida’s Atlantic coast in 1565. The British established Jamestown 42 years later. In 1620, a second colony was settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A French trading post on the St. Lawrence River in Canada became the colonial city of Quebec in 1608. By the mid-1700s, the French and British had both moved into the area west of the Appalachians. The French were expanding their fur trade; the British wanted more land. In 1754, the British sent colonial militiamen to warn the French to leave the region. The troops were led by a young Colonel named George Washington. When the trappers and traders refused, the two countries declared war.