European Colonies and Native Homelands

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
• Topic notes: Spanish colonization: colonial expansion including Florida and the American Southwest. French colonization: colonial expansion including the St. Lawrence valley. British colonization: colonial settlements including the thirteen eastern mainland colonies. Dutch colonization: colonial expansion associated with New Netherland.
• Original exercise cards: A historical card identifies Spanish missions in the Southwest. / A historical card identifies French settlement along the St. Lawrence. / A historical card identifies Virginia as a British colony. / A historical card identifies New Amsterdam’s Dutch origins. / A historical card describes New France’s fur-trade connections. / A historical card describes Massachusetts as a British colony. / A historical card names the Dutch colony New Netherland. / A historical card identifies Spanish settlement in Florida.

Learn the idea

European powers claimed lands already inhabited and governed by Native nations. Spanish, French, British and Dutch colonies differed in location and economic emphasis. Their claims were not proof of Native consent. Use specific places rather than imagining all colonies shared one system or culture.

Spanish colonization: colonial expansion including Florida and the American Southwest. French colonization: colonial expansion including the St. Lawrence valley. British colonization: colonial settlements including the thirteen eastern mainland colonies. Dutch colonization: colonial expansion associated with New Netherland.

Match the named place with the Spanish, French, British or Dutch colonial example in the notes. A colonial claim does not show Native consent. Read the notes and the word cards. You can write, draw or say your answer. These are word descriptions of pictures and places; no picture or map is supplied or needed.

1. Read the four notes. Find the words Spanish colonization, French colonization, British colonization, Dutch colonization.
2. Match the named place with the Spanish, French, British or Dutch colonial example in the notes. A colonial claim does not show Native consent.
3. Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
4. Choose two different examples: one for Spanish colonization and one for French colonization. Explain how their clues differ.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

New card: “A historical card identifies Spanish settlement in Florida.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “A historical card identifies Spanish settlement in Florida.” That matches Spanish colonization. Spanish colonization is colonial expansion including Florida and the American Southwest.

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