Struggle for North America

1. Triangular Trade

1.1. Links Europe, Africa, and Americas

1.2. guns, clothes, cash to Africa

1.2.1. middle passage

1.2.1.1. traded for slaves that go to the Americas

1.2.1.1.1. slaves traded for European sugar and molasses

1.3. Profitable

1.4. helped port cities thrive

1.5. slave trade ruined african lives

2. New France

2.1. French Claims in Canada

2.1.1. Jacques Cartier explored

2.1.1.1. discovered St. Lawrence River

2.1.1.2. 1534

2.2. Reached from Quebec to Gulf of Mexica

2.3. Trapping, trading, and fishing

3. English Colonies

3.1. Jamestown

3.1.1. 1607

3.1.2. many died of starvation and disease

3.1.3. survived with help from Natives

3.1.4. learned to grow tobacco

3.2. Plymouth

3.2.1. 1620

3.2.2. Pilgrims

3.2.3. Mayflower compact

3.2.3.1. step to self government

3.3. Havens for persecuted religions

3.4. exploited Natives to create wealth

3.4.1. slavery

3.5. Ruled by English monarchs

3.5.1. governors oversee

3.5.2. Parliament pass laws

4. Conflict

4.1. French and Indian War

4.1.1. 1754-1763

4.2. Spanish

4.2.1. Northern US

4.3. French

4.3.1. Canada and central US

4.4. English

4.4.1. East Coast