2. Columbus inspired others to
explore…Like John Cabot!
• He was an Italian who lived in England seeking a
route to Asia.
• In 1497, he sailed west across the Atlantic.
• He landed in Newfoundland, an island off the coast
of Canada.
3. • “He coasted for three hundred leagues and landed;
he saw no human beings, but he has brought here
to the king certain snares which had been set to
catch game, and a needed for making nets.”
• “The discoverer…planted on his newly-found land a
large cross…”
A) Explain an understanding you have
about what Cabot did when he reached
land.
4. Like Columbus, Cabot
thought…
• He had landed in Asia
claim much of North America because of the flag planted in the ground do you think that England felt they had the right to claim North America?
7. In 1607, a group of English merchants formed the London
Company to start a moneymaking colony in Virginia.
-They crammed 105 settlers and 39 sailors into three
small ships to sail across the Atlantic!
-They called the swampy land they found
Jamestown, after King James I.
-What they did not know was that this
land was swarming with disease carrying mosquitos!
8. The colony settlers also faced
more conflicts…
-This land was also surrounded by powerful American
Indian groups.
-These settlers were really only craftsmen/gentlemen.
None of them knew much about farming or hard work.
-They wanted GOLD! We don’t
have a clue
what we are
doing!
9. As food amounts decreased,
settlers tried to trade with
Indians.
*The barter was not easy….Many Indians decided they
didn’t like trading arrangements
*Everyday, hunger and disease got worse and another body was
