Colonization of North America

1. Colonization
of North
America

2. French in the New World
• Jacques Cartier was sent by France
– Found the St. Lawrence River
– Built settlement of Montreal

4. • Samuel de Champlain
– Discovered two of the Great Lakes
– Given title of Father of New France

7. The English
• John Smith and Sir Thomas Dale
– Helped to make Jamestown a thriving colony
– Established cash crops of tobacco and indigo

8. John Smith

9. Sir Thomas Dale

10. • The Pilgrims came in 1620 to Plymouth,
Massachusetts
• They left England to escape religious
persecution

13. • Why did they not have as many problems with
the Indians?
1. The Indians had just suffered a plague and were
too weak to fight
2. Pilgrims treated them with respect and shared
the gospel with them

14. • The English settlements were different from
the French and Spanish in three ways:
1. Most were under private investors, not
government funded
2. They brought their families with them
3. They were Protestant

15. Religion
• Initially, every English colony had an
established church that all were required to be
a member of.
• Later religious pluralism was allowed in the
colonies.
• In France and Spanish colonies, you HAD to be
Roman Catholic

16. Education
• English colonies viewed education as
important because you needed to read
Scripture, learn about God and understand His
will.
• The pastors often taught the kids. Later
teachers were hired

18. • In Roman Catholic colonies there was less
emphasis on education