Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 5, Lesson 3: French, Dutch, and English Voyages (pp. 118-122)
I. Exploration of North America
B. The Dutch also looked for the Northwest Passage and set up trading posts near what is now New York City and Albany, New York.
C. The English visited Newfoundland and Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world.
II. Impact on American Indians
B. Europeans killed thousands of Indians through fighting and forced labor.
C. As more Europeans sailed to America, trade between Europeans and Indians increased.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. French explorers explored the eastern coast of North America looking for the Northwest Passage.
A. American Indians caught contagious diseases and thousands died.
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