European Nations Settle North America
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 After Spain's successful colonization of the Americas, what other European countries took intrest in the New World? | England, France and the Netherlands |
| Along with the original intent of the Spanish explorers, what did other European explorers want to find? | A trade route to Asia through North America |
| How would you describe the relationship between the French and the Indian people? | cooperative |
| Jacques Marquette and Louise Joliet explored what North American area? | Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River |
| What 3 bodies of water were named after Henry Hudson? | Hudson River, Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay |
| What attitude did other European countries have toward the Treaty of Tordesillas? | They ignored it |
| what continent did the colonist turn to when many of the natives they used for slave labor died from disease? | africa |
| what country did Henry Hudson, an Englishman explore for? | netherlands |
| What country did the English collide with in their attempt to expand further west? | france |
| what country was pushed out of the middle atlantic region in order that the English take total control of the Eastern seaboard? | Netherlands (Dutch) |
| what did the English settlers believe the Indians to be? | heathens |
| what did Verrazano discover during his attempt to find a sea route to the Pacific | New York Harbor |
| what English, religious group sought religious freedom from the Anglican Church of England | Puritans |
| what French explorer discovered Quebec? | Samuel Champlain |
| what french explorer found the St. Lawrence River | Jacques Cartier |
| What Indian group did the Dutch trade with | Iroqouis |
| What items, brought from Europe, did the Indians trade their furs? | gun, hatchets, mirrors, and beads |
| what modern city of Canada did Cartier find? | Montreal |
| what present day Caribbean countries did Britian claim? | Barbados and Jamaica |
| What present day Caribbean countries did the Dutch claim? | Netherlands Antilles and Aruba |
| What present day Caribbean countries did the French claim? | Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique |
| what product that was in great demand in England became a money crop for the Jamestown settlers? | tobacco |
| What religious group founded the second English settlement? | pilgrims |
| what resource was needed to work the large plantations of the Caribbean islands | slave labor |
| what state was named after French king Louis XIV | Louisiana |
| what treaty seperated the New World into Spain and Portugal | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| what type of trade did the Dutch set up along Hudson River | fur trade |
| What war result from the continual conflict between the French and the British | french and indian war |
| what was different about the English attitude toward land ownership than the Dutch and the French | wanted to populate the land |
| what was more destructive to the Native Americans than muskets and cannons | disease |
| what was the name of the first colony established by the English in North America | Jamestown |
| What was the original mission of Giovanni da Verrazano | a sea route to the Pacific |
| what was the prime economic activity of the French in the new world | fur trade |
| what were the Dutch holdings in north america called | new netherlands |
| what were the newly claimed French territories called | new france |
| what were the plantation crops that the Europeans grew on the Caribbean Islands | cotton and sugar |
| where did the Pilgrims set up their settlement | Plymouth, Mass |
| Who claimed the whole Mississippi River Valley for France | Sieur de La Salle |
| who was the Indian leader during King Phillip's war? | metacom |
| Who won the french and Indian War? | british |
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