Besides great britain, france, and spain, which other countries established colonies in north america in the 1600s? (ch. 3)

Sweden & The Netherlands.

Great Britain, France and Spain were the largest of the five nations to colonize North America, but Sweden and The Netherlands (Holland) also settled in the continent.

The Dutch settled in what is modern day New York City and New Jersey; New York was originally called "New Amsterdam". Although in 1664, the British took over New Amsterdam and much of the Dutch colonies.

Sweden also colonized a small part where New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware meet in 1638. However, they pulled out in 1655 when the Dutch took over the colony.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.