Hadley Watson Dr. Keith Hale English 1213 Composition II 10 October 2016 European Encounters with the Beothuk Before European interaction, the natives of Newfoundland, the Beothuk, estimated a population of less than one thousand inhabitants (Pastore). John Cabot, sailing under the authority of England, sailed to the east coast of Canada in 1497, which lead to the first recorded foreign interactions with the Beothuk people. The Beothuk initially avoided the Europeans.…
Juan Ponce De Leon was known for leading an eruption expedition for gold. It lead him to the southeast coast of what became the United States. He also credited for being the first eruption to reach florida in 1513. He explored around the world trying to help the world.…
First Voyage (April 20, 1534) – Cartier was sent to America to search for spices and a route to Asia. He ended up finding Canada, and taking captive Indians back to France with him. Second Voyage (May 1535) – The Indians who Cartier had previously capture served as guides for him and helped him establish a base and discover new areas in Canada, where he met the Iroquois. He angered them, and hastily escaped back to France where he had to report of finding potential treasures and a route to Asia Third Voyage – He had now given up on finding a passage to Asia, and now was sent by France to establish a permanent settlement along the Lawrence River.…
Cabeza might have had some major luck along the way, but without these skills, he would be dead, and we would never know he existed. Cabeza not only survived the journey, but by writing a book he inspired other explorers to come to the Americas and…
Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer or conquistador who left Spain to colonize the New World in 1527. He got shipwrecked near what is now Tampa Bay, FL and got lost. They decided to make rafts and try to sail to Mexico City, but got pushed ashore in a hurricane near modern day Galveston, TX. He was then an Indian slave for four years. After that he finally escaped and walked to Mexico City.…
Christopher "kit" Carson was a vital part of the United States Westward Expansion. He did a lot on his day, such as an American frontiersman, trapper, soldier and Indian agent. I will go into more detail about that in this paper. On Christmas Eve, 1809 (December 24) Christopher "Kit" Carson was born.…
The English established farms and towns by clearing the trees and chasing the Native Americans deeper into the woods. They treated the natives as if they were inferior, while the French had a friendlier approach to the natives and proceed to befriend, coexist, and trade with them. Also, while the French kept tight control over their colonies, the English allowed a great deal of self government, making their colonies more prone to revolt . The Ohio Company was formed when George Washington and a few of his wealthy and influential friends got together with the purpose of obtaining the land that is now western Pennsylvania.…
The year 1689 was a significant year in both European and American history. William of Orange, a Dutchman and his English wife became King William III and Queen Mary II of England. This was significant in that it changed who ruled the British colonies in America. New England experienced a Glorious Revolution in 1689, where they removed and jailed Governor Andros, put a temporary government in place and awaited instructions from England. New England experienced their first taste of revolution, they were able to overthrow a governor put in place by the previous monarch.…
John White was a man born in London, United Kingdom around 1540 to 1550. During his lifetime he was an explorer, cartographer and artist. Each of his skills led to him becoming the governor of a colony establish on Roanoke Island. John White traveled with the expedition that brought the first colony to the Americas in 1585. His duty during this expedition was to draw what was in the New World.…
1582 my half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert organized a company to settle English Catholics in the Americas. Queen Elizabeth had forbidding me to accompany my half brother, but I invested money and a ship to the mission. My brother died on his return from Newfoundland, a region that is now a province of eastern Canada, I was given authority from the queen to “occupy and enjoy” new lands. In 1584, Queen Elizabeth gave me my brother’s charter to discovering the new world.…
On his first voyage, he explored the opportunities for fisheries, fur trading, and settlement. He was a leader of the Jamestown Colony and, while he was there, explored the Potomac River and mapped the Chesapeake Bay. On another voyage to the New World, he was captured by French pirates for a few months before escaping and returning to England. On his first voyage to the New World, he had three ships. They were called Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.…
One voyage that is brought up in every history class is Columbus “discovering” the New World. It is said that Christopher Columbus founded America, but in reality people have been living in the New World long before Columbus “discovered” it. Columbus’ discovery changed the way the Native Americans and Europeans lived. When Columbus landed in America, he wrote a letter to the King Sanchez and Queen Isabella.…
Along with Sir Raleigh Walter, Thomas Harriot and John White set sail to the new world. Thomas Harriot studied and documented various plants as well as animals.…
"Give me Liberty or give death" (Patrick Henry). These famous words from Patrick Henry helped change the mind of people on the idea of going to war with England. He helped people realize if you want to be independent from England we need to go to war. The American Revolution was a political change that occurred from 1765 to 1783 which colonist living in the Thirteen American Colonies refused and rejected the British government’s control over them, which lead to a war between the Colonist and England which the colonist came out as the victors and overthrew the British government and established the United States of America. Not only did the American Revolution create a new nation but it had multiple effects on the people living in the colonies,…
Christopher Columbus was the most important man when speaking about discoveries. He discovered America "the New World". His aim was to find a better way to India for trade and for spreading Christianity. He arrived to the New World in 1492. After that colonisation of the New World started.…