Benchie for the Colonists
How did claiming land in North and South America make Spain a wealthy and powerful nation?
When claimed the land, could also claim its resources
Why did Queen Elizabeth send Sir Walter Raleigh to explore America? What did she hope that he'd find?
Find locations to set up colonies, gold, and silver
Describe the positive and negative aspects of being an indentured servant.
Work without pay for a set time
In return: Free trip to America
After 7 years: Receive own land
Describe how the Pilgrims ended up settling at Plymouth instead of the Hudson River.
Bad weather and dangerous waters led them to Cape Cod, but they moved to Plymouth due to Cape Cod's poor soil
Jacques Cartier believed that he found gold and silver, but what did he actually bring back for France?
Rocks
Why did the Spanish build missions? (2)
1) help settle the land
2) convert American Indians to Christianity
Queen gave Raleigh a royal charter to set up and govern colonies in America. What did she want in return?
Land belongs to England
How did the Virginia Company raise money?
Selling shares
Why did the Puritans build schools?
So everyone could read the bible
The French held a monopoly on North American _________ trade.
Fur
Describe the Treaty of Tordesillas and the two countries involved.
Imaginary line from North to South Pole
- Portugal claimed land east of line
- Spain claimed land west of the line
What kind of leader was John Smith? And why?
Strict, but wise.
Smith said: “If you don’t work, you don’t eat!”
Result: Colonists worked hard
Why is the Roanoke settlement known as the Lost Colony?
Colonists ran out of supplies. John White returned to England to get more supplies and returned to Roanoke 2 years later (due to the war). But the colonists were gone!
Describe one of the Puritans' religious rules.
Expected: Everyone worship the same as they did
Must: Obey Church teachings
Never: Question Puritan beliefs
- Speak out? Be punished!
- Kicked out of the colony!
Which Indian tribe was an ally of the French?
Huron Indians
Describe the French's relationship with the American Indians. Explain.
Friendly: Shared food, assisted with building a village and Fort Caroline
Indians didn’t help the French fight the Spanish when attacked, resulting in the French to leave
Describe 2 of John Rolfe's accomplishments in the Virginia colony.
1) Brought Spanish tobacco seeds. Became most successful crop in Virginia.
2) Married Chief Powhatan’s daughter (Pocahontas) to create peace between colonists and Indians
Why did the Separatists leave England? What did they want?
- Separate from church
- Freedom to practice their own religion
Giovanni da Verrazano explored for France. What did he call the region he discovered along the coastline?
New France
Describe the French’s relationship with the Iroquois Indians.
French and the Iroquois Indians were at war
Describe how the Spanish treated the American Indians at St. Augustine.
Spanish treated Indians harshly at St. Augustine
Used force to change the way Indians lived, worked, and worshiped
Died from: 1) working too much 2) Spanish illnesses
How did Rolfe’s marriage affect the relationship between the colonists and the American Indians?
Brought peace between the colonists and the American Indians
Why did the Puritans leave England? What did they want?
Purify/change the church
Wanted: Strict religious rules
France and the Netherlands sent explorers to America to find what?
Northwest Passage
Iroquois Indians acquired _______ through trade and fought France.
Firearms