Trade and Economy During the Age of Exploration

A. Jacques Cartier 

     claimed Canada for France

B. Samuel de Champlain founded New France & Quebec

C. Results: 1. Little colonization

2. Fur trade made $$$$

​French Colonies

A. Jamestown - 1st English Colony

- made $ from tobacco

B. Plymouth -  2nd Colony

- founded by Pilgrims for religious freedom

C. Massachusetts Bay

- founded by Puritans for religious freedom

​English Colonies

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Conquering the Americas

• Spanish explorers created a huge empire in the Americas

• Spanish Explorers who conquered territory were know as Conquistadors

• Spain forced its own culture on others

• Spanish believed that converting the natives to christianity was part of their mission in new world