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England sails to North America in hopes of gold and glory (Jamestown,…
England sails to North America in hopes of gold and glory
Jamestown, Virginia is colonized (1607)
People wanted to search for new lands and valuable resources
The Virginia Company is founded
Company suffers from poor economy and laziness
Later profit leads to colony being placed under royal control
Nobody wants to work because they thought Natives would provide food and labor
Men could not provide for themselves (starving times)
John Smith declared that settlers either worked or starved
The economy and colony developed
Tobacco is planted
Colony thrives
Algonquin attacks colonists
The colony survives and new colonists arrive
English come in contact with Native Americans
English thought there was no place for Natives
Some alliances were formed for trade
Puritans land and Plymouth Rock (1620)
Puritans want to purify the Church of England
The first group of puritans (pilgrims) were separatists.
France sails to the Americas while searching for the Northwest Passage
Trade outposts are formed
European demand for fur pelts caused trading contact to be made with Natives
New France was formed, and the Roman Catholic Church legally required Catholicism
Trading outposts were around the gulf of St. Lawrence and near the Great Lakes
Focus on trade caused French and Natives to work closely, but without competition
Many French learned Native American language, skills, and formed alliances
French Jesuits promoted conversion to Christianity without forcing change
Many Jesuits learned Native American culture and customs
French did their own labor, and had a bond with some Native American tribes, instead of a worker/employer relationship