Common Noun Vocabulary
The People
Conflict in the Colonies
Odds and Ends
Trivial Facts
100
a place where people met to trade
What is a trading post?
100
This French explorer claimed the Mississippi River and all of its tributaries for France. (first name: Robert)
Who was La Salle?
100
a war in the 1670s between Native Americans in New England and the English settlers there
What was King Philip's War?
100
This Native American nation eventually helped the British in the French and Indian War.
Who were the Iroquois?
100
This city grew at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What is New Orleans?
200
an area of rugged forest land near the Appalachian Mountains
What is the backcountry?
200
This future American President was an officer in the British army during the French and Indian War.
Who was George Washington?
200
a war in the 1750s in which the British fought in America against the French and most Native American groups
What was the French and Indian War?
200
George Washington tried to defeat this army at Fort Duquesne, but failed.
What is the French?
200
The Spanish built and used this road a lot, because it connected Mexico City and New Mexico.
What was El Camino Real?
300
a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
What is a tributary?
300
Pedro Menendez de Aviles, who won control of Florida, was a military leader from this country in Europe.
What is Spain?
300
attacks by the Pueblo people against Spanish settlers in New Mexico
What was the Pueblo Revolt?
300
This chapter was mostly about these 3 European countries, that all wanted to build a huge American empire.
What were Spain, France, and Great Britain (England)?
300
This European country gained control of Florida during the 1500s.
What is Spain?
400
a large ranch with many houses, gardens, workshops, and mills
What is a hacienda?
400
A Catholic priest, Father Junipero Serra, built many mission towns along the coast of this western state.
What is California?
400
a Native American attack to drive the British off of land near the Ohio River and the Great Lakes
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
400
an announcement made in 1763 that British colonists could not settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
400
the first permanent European colony in what is now the United States of America
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
500
a fort built and run by the Spanish
What is a presidio?
500
Louis Joliet and this partner of his explored the Mississippi River in 1673. (first name: Jacques)
Who is Jacques Marquette?
500
This European country lost nearly all of its land in America when it lost the French and Indian War.
What is France?
500
This treaty ended the French and Indian War in 1763.
What was the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
500
In Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form this river, which was a major "highway" to the west.
What is the Ohio River?
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