Gold,+Glory+and+God

= Essential Question: = =//How did the impact of the European explorer's quest for gold, glory and God lead to the settlement of New York?//=

Focus Questions:
= In the beginning........ = The Northeast area of the United States and Canada was populated by many thriving native peoples. The Northeast Woodland Native Americans that lived in what became New York State belonged to two competing groups, - the Algonkian (or Algonquian) speaking tribes and the Iroquois speaking tribes.
 * //**What were the Iroquois and Algonquian Native American societies like prior to exploration?**//
 * //**What were they like after the arrival of the Europeans?**//
 * //**What motivated European explorers to embrace the unknown?**//
 * //**How was the idea of discovery different for Native Americans and explorers?**//
 * //**How did the Europeans search for trade routes affect the development of the Americas?**//
 * //**What is the legacy of the encounter between Native Americans and Europeans?**//

__Mahicans__ __Lenni Lanape__ __Shinnecock__ __Montauk__ ||= //**__Iroquois Confederacy__**// Cayuga Oneida Onondaga Mohawk Seneca Tuscarora ||
 * = Northeast - ||= Woodland Groups  ||
 * = **Algonkian** ||= **Iroquois** ||
 * = __//**NY Algonkians**//:__

See the page on Native Americans of New York for more info﻿rmation.
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[|Vocabulary]
 * Miscellaneous Links**

[|Brief biographies of the Explorers from Oswego School District]

Interactive Map of Exploration Note the years of the voyages of the various explorers to get a sense of who came first!

Virtual Tour of New Netherland

Relations between the Dutch and the Native Americans

Artwork by J.D. Kelly relating to exploration

Facts that led to the founding of New Amsterdam

Reasons for English migration