Exploring the New World: Europe’s Race for Power and Wealth | Georgia Stories

Step into the age of exploration and uncover how European nations raced across the globe in search of wealth, power, and new trade routes that forever reshaped North America. This episode takes students from Hernando de Soto’s expedition through the Southeast to the first English colonies, highlighting the explorers, their goals, and the lasting effects of their journeys. Along the way, learners connect big ideas like competition, cultural contact, and change to the early history of Georgia and the future United States. It’s a lively look at how curiosity and ambition helped shape the world we live in.

NOTE: The closed captions are also available in Spanish.