Noted for its tolerance of religious practices. New Amsterdam: The Dutch capital of their New Netherland colony.While working to find a Northwest Passage for the Dutch East India Company, he sailed up the Hudson River, establishing Dutch claims for what became New Amsterdam (modern-day New York). Led to the founding of New Netherlands and New Amsterdam. Dutch East India Company: The vehicle for the commercial ambitions of the Netherlands in the New World, especially with regards to the fur trade.Founded a network of forts around the Great Lakes and in the modern-day Midwest. He surveyed the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and Gulf of Mexico. Sieur de La Salle: French explorer, also known as René-Robert Cavelier.He founded the first European settlement in Michigan in 1668.

He and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to explore and map the Mississippi River. Jacques Marquette: French Jesuit missionary.He and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to explore and map the Mississippi River. Louis Joliet: French-Canadian explorer.Made the first accurate maps of what is modern-day Eastern Canada. Known as the “The Father of New France.” Founded Quebec in 1608. From Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 to the Great Awakening starting in the 1730s, the colonists begin to carve out a distinct American identity. There were, consequently, early examples of colonial resentment and resistance. England used its colonies to obtain raw materials for its own manufacturing purposes and wealth creation.The trading of slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between Africa, the Americas, and Europe became known as Triangular Trade. The African slave trade grew extensively throughout the eighteenth century.The southern colonies developed a plantation-based economy. The middle colonies were characterized by the export of cash crops, less social rigidity, and more religious tolerance. New England colonies were settled by the Puritans, who lived in small towns. Early British colonies developed along the Atlantic coast with some regional differences.Examples of American Indian resistance to colonizers were the Pueblo Revolt, the Pequot War, and King Philip’s War. Conflict arose due to competition for resources among European rivals, and between the Europeans and American Indians.Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonizers had different goals that impacted the economic, political, and cultural development of their colonies and shaped colonizers’ interactions with American Indian populations.Five Things to Know about AP US History Period 2

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