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  • The Vikings Discover The New World

    The first attempt by Europeans to colonize the New World occurred around1000 A.D. when the Vikingssailed from the British Isles to Greenland, established a colony and then moved on to Labrador, the Baffin Islands and finally Newfoundland. There they established a colony named Vineland (meaning fertile region) and from that base sailed along the coa...

  • The Reformation, The Renaissance and New Trade Routes

    Between 1000 and 1650, a series of interconnected developments occurred in Europe that provided the impetus for the exploration and subsequent colonization of America. These developments included the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Renaissance, the unification of small states into larger ones with central...

  • A Faster Route to The East

    But the most powerful inducement to exploration was trade. Marco Polo’sfamous journey to Cathay signaled Europe’s “discovery” of Chinese and Islamic civilizations. The Orient became a magnet to traders, and exotic products and wealth flowed into Europe. Those who benefited most were merchants who sat astride the great overland trade routes, especia...

  • Portugal: Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco de Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral

    Portugal led the others into exploration. Encouraged by Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese seamen sailed southward along the African coast, seeking a water route to the East. They were also looking for a legendary king named Prester John who had supposedly built a Christian stronghold somewhere in northwestern Africa. Henry hoped to form an all...

  • Religious Motivations

    As European powers conquered the territories of the New World, they justified wars against Native Americans and the destruction of their cultures as a fulfillment of the European secular and religious vision of the New World. The idea of “America” antedated America’s discovery and even Viking exploration. That idea had two parts: one paradisiacal a...

  • France: Giovanni Da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain

    While Spain was building its New World empire, France was also exploring the Americas. In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano was commissioned to locate a northwest passage around North America to India. He was followed in 1534 by Jacques Cartier, who explored the St. Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal. In 1562, Jean Ribault headed an expeditio...

  • The Netherlands: Henry Hudson Leads The Dutch

    The Dutch were also engaged in the exploration of America. Formerly a Protestant province of Spain, the Netherlands was determined to become a commercial power and saw exploration as a means to that end. In 1609, Henry Hudson led an expedition to America for the Dutch East India Company and laid claim to the area along the Hudson River as far as pr...

Did Europeans discover the Americas?

Although Europeans would not realize it for several years, he had accidentally “discovered” the Americas. The Americas are the continents of the Western Hemisphere: North America (which includes Central America and the Caribbean islands) and South America.

Did Columbus discover a new world?

He made three more voyages to America between 1494 and 1502, during which he explored Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad. Each time he returned more certain that he had reached the East. Subsequent explorations by others, however, pers? most Europeans that Columbus had discovered a “New World.”

How did Europeans colonize the Americas?

The Europeans accidentally introduced diseases to the Americas that decimated Indigenous populations. Europeans also enslaved large numbers of Indigenous people, seized Indigenous land, and tried to destroy native cultures and religions. The first European countries to begin colonizing the Americas were Spain and Portugal.

Which countries established colonies in North America?

Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands established colonies in North America. Each country had different motivations for colonization and expectations about the potential benefits. Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Religion, Social Studies, Economics, U.S. History, World History

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