Colonization of North America
Bruno Zalubil
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I Timeline
A. Personalized points on the timeline:
1. What year is it? 2011
2. What year was the Czech Republic created? 1993
3. What year were you born? ____
B. What year was Brno established (officially recognized as a town by
Wenceslaus I)? 1243
1. When Brno was established, and for another 250 years, people in this
area knew very little about geography.
a. They probably knew about
(1) Prague
(2) Rome
(3) Paris
(4) London
b. They knew about the land that is now known as
(1) the Czech Republic
(2) Italy
(3) France
(4) England
(although at the time these countries did not exist as they do now)
2. People in Brno in 1243 had no idea about the land that we now know as
a. Canada
b. Mexico
c. Brazil
d. the United States
C. What year did Christopher Columbus cross the Atlantic Ocean, land in the
Bahamas and "discover" North America? 1492
1. Columbus, an Italian, sailed for Spain
2. Columbus proved that
a. the world was round, not flat
b. that North America existed (he himself never admitted it, always
believing it to be India.)
c. that people and resources existed in North America
3. He started a race by Europeans to explore and colonize North America
II. Explorers
A. Many European "countries" sent ships and explorers to North America
1. Spain
2. France
3. Portugal
4. The Netherlands
5. England
B. Explorers
1. Made maps
2. Wrote journals and took notes
3. Drew pictures
4. Documented new-to-them animals, trees and plants that they found
5. Searched for gold
5. Met native Americans
6. Traded goods with native Americans
7. Planned future settlements
8. Most importantly, claimed land for their kings and countries
III. English colonization [American Colonies.pdf]
A. Jamestown in Virginia is the first permanent settlement by England in North
America
1. Established in 1607
2. Grew tobacco and other crops
3. Killed animals for their fur
4. Famous for Pochahontas
a. princess of the Algonquin native American tribe
b. helped British settlers and native Americans became friends
c. married John Rolfe
d. sailed to England and became famous
e. died in England in her early 20s
B. Plymouth in Massachusetts
1. Pilgrims left England on Sept. 16, 1620, in a ship named the
Mayflower. Landed in Plymouth Rock on Nov. 21, 1620.
a. were searching for religious freedom
b. were escaping general increase in European violence
c. 66-day trip
d. 102 passengers started the trip
(1) one child died during the trip
(2) one baby was born during the trip
e. [Mayflower crossing.jpg]
2. Mayflower ship
a. What would you bring with you if you were leaving to live in a
new world for the rest of your life?
b. What would the trip be like?
c. [Mayflower.jpg]
d. [Mayflower-type ship.jpg]
3. Settlement
a. Pilgrims lived on the Mayflower for the first winter 1620-21
(1) Death from cold and lack of food
(a) 45 of the original 102 pilgrims died
(b) 13 of the original 18 female pilgrims died
(2) minor local exploration
(3) found and stole native American food caches
b. Pilgrims moved onto land and built homes and buildings in
Spring 1921
c. Farming, with the help of native Americans, started
4. Clothes
a. [Pilgrim couple.jpg]
b. [Pilgrim woman.jpg]
c. [Pilgrim children.jpg]
d. [Pilgrim hat.jpg]
5. First Thanksgiving on Nov. 3, 1921
a. only 53 of the original 102 pilgrims are alive, including only
four women
b. big feast
(1) fish: cod and bass
(2) shellfish: clams and lobsters
(3) fowl: duck, geese, swan and turkey
(4) deer
(5) fruit and berries: peas, pumpkin, beetroot, corn, squash