Ch.1 Colonial Era

Gold, Glory, God

●With the Age of Exploration, European nations were
looking for new trade routes to Asia for their goods
because trade through the Mediterranean Sea was too
expensive

●Once North and South America were introduced to the
European countries it was a race to colonize for

○Gold = literal gold or in the form of resources

○Glory = making a name for one’s self

○God = last but not least let's try and (force) convert Native
populations… after enslaving them

English Colonization

●England was late into the colonization race falling
behind Spain, Portugal, France and even the Dutch.

●The Dutch hired explores to find a waterway that
connected the Atlantic to the Pacific.

●This was known as the Northwest Passage.

○Does this Passage actually exist?

●The English began colonizing North America for economic
purposes but some of their other colonies actually
prioritized religion over Gold and Glory

1585- 100 men failed in an attempt to start a colony

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1587- John White led 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children to Roanoke in another attempt

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Needing more supplies, White went back to England, but he did not return for three years

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When he returned the people were gone