Chapter 3
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US History [1]
Chapter 3 The Spanish and French in North America In the 16th century Spain and France were the only European powers in North America New Mexico Spain went up North to New Mexico Found the Pueblo people but they had no gold = lost interest The Church however got the Spanish to sponsor a missionary conquest = some settlement However since there was no treasure there were no immigrants The 1st Communities of New France Quebec was claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain Sent agents 'into the woods to live with the FNP" Seigneurs and Habitant system Adopted FRNP farming techniques Mississippi Empire By 1700 population was only 15000 The English in the Chesapeake 1st attempt to colonize was in 1580's Newfoundland and Roanoke Paused during war against Spain