AgeofExploration_Chart.docx - Regions impacted...

Regions
impacted
Characteristics
of region prior to
European
Contact
Form of
Interaction
Short Term
Influences to
Controlled
Region
Long Term
Consequences to
Controlled
Region
France Northern North
America (St.
Lawrence river,
New France), the
Caribbean, coast
of New England,
Quebec, etc.
Most of the
regions were
already
inhabited with
other peoples
which had est.
their own ways
of life.
They began to
form peaceful
relationships
with the natives
including trading
with them
Started to settle
their new
colonies while
getting along
with the natives
of the region
and setting up
trading posts
between the
natives and
themselves
After the trading
stabilized and
the Spanish hold
on the
Caribbean
weakened, they
began to grow in
the west Indian
colonies and est.
sugar
plantations
Britain Claimed Canada,
Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, the
Grand Banks,
etc.
The land was
inhabited by
indigenous
peoples which
had their own
trade systems,
religions, social
organizations,
etc.