Social Studies Topic 2

Cortes went to Mexico to take on the Aztecs and defeat them, to destroy Tenochtitlan, to find gold, and to build Mexico City.
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Reasons Spanish colonists established colonies in the Americas were to enslave Africa’s people so that they could help build colonies and to search for the “Seven Cities of Gold ''.
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Bartolome de las Casas (a Spanish priest) set up missions to convert Native Americans to Chritianity.
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Spanish soldiers defeated the Incas because they captured their leader and capital city, along with having advanced weapons, rode horses, and unification.
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-Henry Hudson- discovered the Hudson River on his third voyage

-Samuel de Champlain-explored the St. Lawrence River; set up trading post in Nova Scotia

The European explorers were looking for better trade routes on the North American coast
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In 1607, the Virginia Company of London built Jamestown, England's first permanent settlement in North America.
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When the Mayflower Compact was signed, it gave colonists the right to govern themselves.
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The Puritans wanted to reform the Church of England. They formed the Massachusetts Bay Company.
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Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire were formed because settlers from Massachusetts (Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker and John Wheelwright) were forced to leave because of disputes.
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The Dutch ruled New York (Netherland). New Jersey was a proprietary colony but then became a royal colony.
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George Calvert set up a colony in Maryland where Catholics could live safely.
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Georgia was founded because the English were afraid of Spain expanding northward from Florida and to protect debtors from going to prison.
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The Great Awakening brought new religions to the colonies.
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The Magna Carta limited the amount of power the English monarchs had and Parliament was formed.