Vocab
European name for Americas. These continents were a new world for Europeans
renaissance
Which country had poor relations with the Native Americans?
Spain
What word was written on a tree in Roanoke?
CROATOAN
In New France, French fur traders turned Native Americans into:
Business Partners
a transfer of people, plants, animals, and diseases back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean.
Colombian Exchange
Spanish Conquistadors conquered Mexico and most of __________
South America
How did the French make money in North America?
Beaver Furs
What caused John White to have to wait 3 years before returning to Roanoke?
A war between Spain and England
What did the Dutch in New Netherlands trade with the Iroquois Confederacy?
Guns for furs
Treatment of people as property for the purpose of having them do labor
Slavery
This word means a settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
colony
What was New Netherland renamed to?
New York
Most of the settlers in Jamestown were what?
Gentlemen (not farmers)
How did Pocahontas help Jamestown survive?
Bringing peace between the colonists and her people (marriage)
Spanish soldier-explorers that conquered the native people of Mexico and Peru
conquistadors
"adventurers who capture and kill animals for their fur"
Trappers
Settlers in the Spanish Borderlands were mostly:
Soldiers and Priests
What famous phrase did John Smith say in Jamestown?
"Anyone who did not work did not eat"
What killed most of the Native Americans?
Disease
People who travel to a territory or community to make converts to their religion
Missionaries
Christopher Columbus's four voyages across the Atlantic led to:
An exchange of people, foods, and germs between Europe and America
Who conquered the Dutch colony of New Netherland?
Great Britain
Describe the "Starving Time" in Jamestown
A harsh winter, little food, 440 people died.
What the Native Americans do when Peter Minuit (dutch) offered to purchase land
They laughed at his foolishness and made the trade