1. The Old World Claims the New

2. Spanish Conquistadors

3. 1. Juan Ponce de Leon
• Was looking for the Fountain of Youth
• Explored Florida
• First European to see the United States
• 1532
Ponce de Leon

5. 2. Hernando de Soto
• Discovered the Mississippi
• 1539
• His crew founded St.
Augustine, Florida
• St Augustine is the
oldest permanent
city settled by
Europeans
De Soto

7. Francisco de Coronado
• Was searching for golden cities
• Discovered the Grand Canyon

9. The effects the Spanish had on Indians

10. English Explorers

11. Sir Frances Drake
• Second person to sail around the globe
• 1577
• Called the “Master Thief”
and “the dragon” by the
Spanish
• Queen Elizabeth’s
favorite

12. What is a “sea dog”
• English sea captains that raided coastal towns
and seized Spanish ships full of treasure and
took the wealth back to England

13. Queen Elizabeth I

14. Why did Spain and England not get along?
1. The “sea dogs” raided their ships
2. England was Protestant and Spain was
Roman Catholic

15. French Explorers

16. Jacques Cartier
• Discovered the St. Lawrence River
• 1534

17. Robert de La Salle
• Claimed the Mississippi River for France

19. Samuel de Champlain
• Called the Father of New France
• Explored St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes
region