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WH300A: Age of Despotism

Handout One

Topic: Latecomers: France, Holland, and England

 OUTLINE:

 I. The Latecomers: France, Holland, and England.

A. Early French and English Activity.

B. The Thirteen Colonies.

C. Institutions of the British Colonies.

D. The French in New France.

E. Africa.

 QUESTIONS:

  1. Why were Spain and Portugal so far ahead of England, Holland, and France in terms of colonial acquisitions?  How did the North Atlantic nations handle their possessions?
  2. What were the origins of the English North American colonies? How did they get started? What did they all have in common?
  3. What was the fate of the Dutch and Swedes in North America?
  4. How did the Europeans initially exploit Africa?  What was the initial contacts between Europeans and Africans during the Age of Discovery?

 TERMS:

 Henry Cabot

Sir Walter Raleigh

Roanoke

Jamestown

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Cartier

Verrazzano

Francis Drake

John Hawkins

William Penn

Roger Williams

Coureur des Bois

La Salle

Joliet

Quebec