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14.French and English Explorers of America

3. By  Mary Lynn Bushong

2. The Spanish were the first to start exploring the New World. Soon France and Britain joined in. They all wanted to find a quick way to China. The race was on to find the best trade route!

12.    First, the British sent John Cabot. He made his first trip in 1497. He did not find a way to China, but he did find the coast of Canada.

13.  The French did not send an explorer until 1524. Verrazano explored the east coast of America. He claimed the same land Britain had claimed more than 25 years earlier. He also looked for a water route to China.

 7.  Though explorers went to America, very few colonies were started at first. Britain and France hoped to control new trade routes to China. Other countries would pay to use those routes. Colonies were not important at first. They had too many troubles to take care of at home.

 9.  In 1603, the Frenchman Samuel de Champlain began exploring the Great Lakes. Two years later, a colony was finally begun at Port Royal in Nova Scotia, Canada. Many French colonists did not have families living there. It was mostly just men who hoped to go back to France in a few years.

1. In 1607, Jamestown was begun in Virginia. The British liked to send families with the men. They were happier, and the colonies grew faster. Soon even more people wanted to move to America.

6. In 1682, a man named LaSalle sailed up the Mississippi River. He claimed all the land there for France. That meant that the British could only use the land along the coast. British and French forces began to fight. The natives helped the French. In 1754, the French and Indian War started. The British and Americans won this war. When America wanted to be a free country in 1776, there was another war. They fought against the British and won.

 11.  Americans wanted more land for farms and towns. In 1803, France offered to sell their land to America. This meant that Americans had much more land to use.

4. The next year, Lewis and Clark went to explore the new land. They came back three years later with maps and a lot of needed facts about the land out west. In 1838, explorer John Fremont joined up with Kit Carson. They also explored the West. Stories about them were printed. These stories made the West seem very exciting.

5. Long ago, natives explored America. Then more people came and explored the country, too.  Those people did not treat Native Americans well. Together, they helped make the place Americans call home.

8.   Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River for France in 1534. It was a few years before the British were busy again. In 1576, Martin Frobisher looked for a way to China over the top of Canada. The next year, Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world.

10.  Sir Walter Raleigh explored the coast near North Carolina in 1584. He tried to start a colony at Roanoke some years later, but it was lost. No one knows what happened to the people. When the ship came to check on them, they were all gone.

1) Why do you think the Salem women were called witches?

Because people thought that they were using magic and that they were using witchcraft.

2) Why do you think people sometimes attack others who act differently?

Because they are unpopular and they don't  like them, so they want to attack them or get rid of them.

3) Has anyone ever made fun of you, or attacked you or your family, for being or acting a little different? Why do you think they acted that way towards you?

No, I did not experienced that. No body didn't attack me or my family or even made fun of us. I don't think that I'm diferent in any way from others.

Who is Cristopher Columbus for you and how do you feel about Columbus Day?

If you were a Native American and saw the problems facing the Pilgrims, would you have helped them?  Why or why not?

If I were a Native American, I would have helped them. Because like an immigrant, I know how hard it is to come somewhere where you don't know anything. I know how hard it was for Piligrims to start a new life, they didn't know Native American's languages, everything was so new to them, the villages, and the food. I believe that we all should help each other no matter who we are and how different we are. 

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CALIFORNIA MISSIONS & NATIVE AMERICANS

      Spain thought the best way to start a colony in California was by setting up missions.

      Gasper de Portola, a Spanish army captain, and Father Junipero Serra, a Catholic priest, set out for California. On July 16, 1769, Father Serra set up the first mission in Alta California at San Diego.

    Eventually, over the years, the missions would be approximately a day's walk from one another. The missions' sites were chosen in valleys, near fresh water, rich soil, and near friendly Native Americans.
 
     After claiming the land for Spain, the priests focused on teaching the Indians about Christianity and the Spanish culture. They also showed the Indians techniques of building with adobe bricks, carpentry, blacksmithing, working in the fields, and tending the animals. Work at the missions was very hard for the Indians. They had to follow all of the rules set up by the priests and work day and night.  If the Indians broke any rules or tried to return to their tribes, they were punished.

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When I first came to the U. S.  I was really happy and excited about everything, it was all so interesting and new. But then when I started going to school, I felt really uncomfortable and even a little stupid, because I didn't know English. When somebody was saying something to me I would just stare at them and say I don't know. But with the time everything became better, I started to study really hard. And people were even saying that my english is really good for a person who has been in the US for so little. I thnik it was a good experience, without it I may not be the person I am right now.