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European Exploration and Colonization in the New World

Author: Bridgette Hennigar

European Discovery and Colonization of North America

Discusses reasons for European coming to the New World(God, Gold, and Glory), where they settled, types of English Colonies, and the first attempt at English colonization in Roanoke.

Source: Matthew Hamilton

Cornell Notes: Reasons for European Colonization

Cornell Notes

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Causes of European Exploration and Colonization

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Essential Questions: Why and Where did European nations settle in the New World? What type of colonies did the English establish?

 

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Why would Europeans explore and colonize in the New World?

                               Reasons for European Colonization

 

 

 

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Where the Europeans going in the New World?

                         Location of European Colonies

 

 

 

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What types of Colonies did the English establish?

                                        Types of English Colonies

 

 

 

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Where did the English First attempt to colonize in North America, who was responsible for it, and what was it’s fate?

                                    English First Attempt to Colonize

 

 

 

 

 

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What happened to the colony?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Source: Bridgette Hennigar

Read the following primary sources and answer the questions using complete sentences.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook_print.cfm?smtid=11&psid=3789

Source: Digital History