Слайд 1LECTURE 2
THE USA
EARLY EXPLORERS AND
EARLY SETTLEMENTS
Ph.D. Vashchenko E.A.
Слайд 2PLAN
Spain and the New World
Other European explorers
Spanish settlements
English settlements
Слайд 3SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD
1476 – 26 – for England
1485
Queen Isabella
and King Ferdinand
On August 3, 1492
On October 12, 1492
The Indies, Indians
Слайд 4OTHER EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
John Cabot – 1447 - The Spice Islands –
Newfoundland
Jacques Cartier – 1534-1542 – the Northwest Passage – the St. Lawrence River – Montreal, Canada
Robert La Salle – 1682 – Lousianna – Valley for France
Henry Hudson – 1609 – the Hudson – the Hudson Bay
Слайд 5SPANISH SETTLEMENTS
Ponce de Leon – Florida – 1513
– “Fountain of
Youth”
Father Junipero Serra – California –
1749 – San Diego - 1784
Слайд 6ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS
Virginia and Jamestown
The Pilgrims – 1620 – the Mayflower –
Massachusetts – Plymouth
1621 – Samoset – Squanto – a great feast – Thanksgiving
The Puritans – 1630 - Boston
Слайд 7QUESTIONS
Who helped Columbus to organize an expedition to the West?
Why did
the sailors become nervous and ask Columbus to turn back?
What did Columbus promise them?
What did Columbus call the people he found in the New World? Why?
Слайд 8QUESTIONS
What parts of North America did John Cabot explore? What did
he find there?
Why did the French want to find the Northwest Passage?
When did Jacques Cartier travel to America? What river did he discover and explore?
What is Louisiana? Who gave this name to the territory? When?
Слайд 9QUESTIONS
What was the first English settlement in the New World? When
was it started?
Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? In what place did they start their colony? What did they call their settlement?
Who was Squanto? How did he help the Pilgrims?
Who were the Puritans? Why did they call themselves puritans? Why did they sail to America?
Where did the Puritans settle? What did they call their settlement?
What rules did the Puritans establish in their colonies?