Motivations for Colonization

By rking99
  • 1667 BCE

    Rene-Robert de La Salle

    Rene-Robert de La Salle
    La Salle landed on the island of Montreal in 1667.
  • 1609 BCE

    Henry Hudson & Dutch NY

    Henry Hudson & Dutch NY
    n 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands to find an easterly passage to Asia.
  • 1590 BCE

    Sir Walter Raleigh and the lost colony

    Sir Walter Raleigh and the lost colony
    He found that the settlers he had left behind on Roanoke Island had completely disappeared. This community would later become known as the Lost Colony.
  • 1588 BCE

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada
    English raids against Spanish commerce and Queen Elizabeth I’s support of the Dutch rebels in the Spanish Netherlands led King Philip II of Spain to plan the conquest of England.
  • 1534 BCE

    Church of England

    Church of England
    King Henry VIII founded the church of England
  • 1534 BCE

    Jacques Cartier & St. Lawrence River

    Jacques Cartier & St. Lawrence River
    Cartier sailed into the waters of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada. Although he couldn't travel up the river all the way to Asia, Cartier had in fact discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada.
  • 1517 BCE

    Protestant Reformation

    Protestant Reformation
    16th Century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that happened within catholic Europe
  • 1497 BCE

    John Cabot & NW Passage

    John Cabot & NW Passage
    The Northwest passage was a fast, direct route to Cathay, Japan and India.
  • 1440 BCE

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Invented by Johannes Gutenberg
    A machine that produces printed copies