Unit 1

Early Canada

Skill Builders Targets

  Lesson 1

Why did the British build colonies in America?

  • Beothuk
  • John Cabot
  • mercantilism
  • Thirteen Colonies
  • Treaty of Utrecht
  • Walter Raleigh


Was France the only country wanting colonies in North America?

Britain also wanted to build colonies in America.

The establishment of the Thirteen Colonies was the beginning of Britain exploring and creating settlements in North America.