Chapter 4
European Settlements
Lesson 1
New Spain
Pages 144-149
New Spain
• Quick Summary
• This lesson describes Spanish exploration
and settlement of North America.
Objectives
• Explain when, where, and why the
Spanish colonized North America.
• Describe how the Spanish tried to
maintain control of North America.
• Describe the introduction of slavery into
the Americas.
• Summarize the contribution so Spanish
colonization in the Americas
Review p. 145
• Why did the Spanish colonists need many
workers?
• To grow their crops, to mine gold and
silver, and to build and provide services in
their cities.
• Crops included sugarcane, tobacco,
coffee, cocoa, and cotton that were
shipped to and sold in Spain.
Picture p 146
• How did workers transport heavy
materials?
• Wagons pulled by oxen.
Review p. 147
• Why did the Spanish build the Castillo de
San Marcos in St Augustine?
• To protect Spanish settlers from any
attackers.
Review p 147
• How can you categorize the ways animals
changed life for the Indians?
• Horses; for hunting and war; sheep: for
clothing and blankets; cattle: for livestock.
Review p. 149
• Why did the Spanish sent missionaries to
the borderlands?
• To persuade the American Indians to
become Catholics and loyal Spanish
subjects.
Picture p. 149
• How did this system of roads help the
Spanish missionaries?
• Roads linked the missions with each other
and with nearby presidios.
Summarize Key Content
• Spain created settlements in North America to
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obtain riches, to expand its kingdom, and to
convert Indians.
Spain built presidios and missions to organize
and control its land claims
The Menendez de Aviles expedition founded St.
Augustine, and the Franciscans established
missions from Florida to California.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• CATEGORIZE Name some of the reasons
colonists and missionaries came to New
Spain.
• Colonists came to seek their fortunes;
missionaries came to convert Native
Americans to Catholicism.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 1 BIG IDEA Why did colonists come to
settle in New Spain?
• They were seeking gold, silver, land, and
other materials.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 2 VOCABULARY Use the terms hacienda
and self-sufficient in a sentence about
New Spain.
• Many ranchers who lived on haciendas
were self-sufficient because they raised
their own livestock and crops.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 3 TIME LINE How long after New Spain
was formed was St. Augustine settled?
• 30 years
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 4 GEOGRAPHY How did the location of
New Spain affect the way the Spanish
settled on the land?
• B/c New Spain was spread across a large
area, the Spanish had to build presidios to
protect their settlements.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 5 CRITICAL THINKING—Hypothesize What
do you think might have happened if the
Spanish had not built presidios?
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