Themes in World History: Comparative European Expansions

 

I. Introduction

II. Dutch Overseas

     A. New Amsterdam (Manhattan – 1624)

     B. South America and the Caribbean

     C. the Far East

III. English in the Americas

     A. Massachusetts Bay Colony

          - Plymouth (1620)

     B. Chesapeake Bay Colony

          - Jamestown (1607)

     C. English in the Far East

IV. Muscovy (Russia) in Siberia

     A. Establishment of Muscovy

          - Ivan III (ruled 1462-1505)

          - Ivan IV (ruled 1533-1584)

     B. Expansion to the East

     C. An Eastern or Western Power?

V. French Fur Trading Empire

     A. New France (Quebec – 1608)

     B. Fur Trading and “the Middle Ground”

VI. Conclusion

 

 

 

Key Terms

John Cabot
Henry Hudson

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Jamestown

“The Third Rome”
Ivan III

Ivan IV

Samuel de Champlain

“the Middle Ground”




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