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OF THE
FRENCH
AND
THE BRITISH IN
THE AMERICAS
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH
It was only after a French privateer
captured a Spanish ship laden with
Mexican gold and silver that attentions
were directed westward.
A French navigator by the name of
Jacques Cartier found areas of what we
know today as Canada for example
Montreal (in 1534).
A series of French expedition followed by
navigators such as Jean-Franois de la
Rocque and Sieur de Roberval.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH
of settlement: plantations
inChesapeakeandCarolinasand family
farms in New Englandand Middle
Colonies.
THE BRITISH TENDED TO SETTLE ON THE
COAST WHILE THE FRENCH SETTLED
INLAND
EVIDENCE OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH
SETTLEMENT IN THE AMERICAS
This is
the merengue
dance
JAMAICA
-Despite the race diversity in Jamaica, the
dominant language is English.
-Festival dances such as maypole is done
during
independence festivals and maypole
originated
from Europe, passed on to Jamaica by the
English.
SO IN ESSENCE, THE FRENCH AND
THE ENGLISH FOLLOWED SPAINS
AND PORTUGALS FOOTSTEPS IN
ACQUIRING LAND IN THE NEW
WORLD IN ORDER TO GAIN WEALTH
FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL EMPIRES,
RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE
NATIVE INDIANS OF THE CARIBBEAN
AND ALSO MILLIONS OF AFRICANS
THE END!