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Today, I will understand how European rivalries
impacted the Native Americans. I will also discuss
and understand early issues that had to be overcome
by European colonists.
Homework read and underline pgs. 85-7
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Martin Luther, a German monk, demand that the
Catholic church reform their practices. He issued
his “95 theses,” or corrections.
The end result was the first major Christian schism
in over 1500 years.
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Creation of the Protestant faith.
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England and Netherlands (Protestant)
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Spain, Portugal, and France (Catholic).
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The more colonies established aboard meant
more wealth for that country.
Countries competed for land in the Americas.
Countries convinced natives to pick sides, for
example, the French teamed with the
Algonquin and the English teamed with the
Iroquois (the Algonquin’s natural rival)
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Roanoke was twice a failure. Why?
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Why did Jamestown almost end in disaster?
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Jamestown
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Define Joint-Stock company
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Early goals of English Settlement (4 total).
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Early problems with colonizing Jamestown.
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Native tribe: Powhatan = Branch of the Algonquin.
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John Smith’s influence??
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The “Starving Time” 60 of 400 survive.
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What saved the settlers?
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Cannibalism
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Starving Time