Europeans colonized North America for religious, economic, and political reasons: to convert native people to Christianity, acquire wealth for themselves and their home countries, and increase their home countries' power. They settled in various regions, including Spain, Africa, Japan, China, and established colonies. Contact between European settlers and native Americans led to an exchange of ideas, diseases, and conflicts, which sometimes resulted in wars or treaties.

1. Aim: How did contact amongst
English settlers and Native Americans
lead to an exchange of ideas, disease,
and conflict? How were they resolved?
Do Now:

2. 1. Why did Europeans (Spanish,
Dutch, French, and British)
want to colonize North
America?
2. Where did they settled?

3. God Gold Glory
 God: To convert the native people to
Christianity.
• to escape religious persecution.
(Social reason)
 Gold: To acquire riches for themselves and the
mother country.
• To have the opportunity to acquire land
and move up social class.
(Economic reason)
 Glory: To bring power and prestige to the
mother country.
• To set up more fair laws to govern

4. 1. Why did Europeans (Spanish,
Dutch, French, and British)
want to colonize North
America?
2. Where did they settled?

6. Spain
Africa
Japan
China

7. The Spanish colony

8. The French colony

9. The Russian colony

10. The English colony

12. Why do you think this area remained
unclaimed by 1700?

13. The 1st settlements of Great
Britain

14. TASK: in pairs, read and
complete the graphic organizer.

16. Which image
illustrates settlers
arriving in
Jamestown and
which one illustrates
settlers arriving in
Plymouth?
• How do you
know?
#1
#2

17.  Where would you have
lived—in Jamestown or in
Plymouth? Explain why with at
least 2 details.