Compléter Euro land claims fill-inVersion en ligne Choose the terms to complete the paragraphs and turn in via a screenshot to classtoom. par Steve Proctor 1 The country which came first to the Americas and colonized the area of was . They also claimed the area now known as . In the west , the Spanish lands included California and - as well as parts South . The Caribbean Islands were also claimed primarily by the . By the 1600's the exploration race was on . was claiming the Alaskan Coast . The claimed the area now called New based on the explorations of . The ( English ) claimed areas in northern Canada like the Hudson - also based on Hudson's discoveries . claimed the land between England and Spain . Their claims included such resoures as the and the River . The people from France mostly lived in where they traded with the Natives . most important claims in the Americas were 13 colonies along the coast . These colonies would eventually become the .