Key Terms
a narrow passage that connects 2 large bodies of water
Strait
Who discovered America
Leif Erikson
Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain
Peninsular
the system that held that colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful
Mercantilism
an agreement between parties that benefits them both
Alliance
travel around the entire Earth
Circumnavigate
What year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue?
1492
land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans
Encomienda
a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America
Northwest Passage
French term for "runners of the woods", were independent traders who lived among the Indians
Coureurs de bois
soldier-adventurers
Conquistadors
What were the names of Columbus' ships?
The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria
This priest traveled through New Spain working for reform
Bartolome de Las Casas
This Italian explorer was interested with Columbus' first voyage and decided that a more northern route to Asia would be shorter and easier
John Cabot
By 1670, this French missionary had founded 2 missions along the Great Lakes
Jacques Marquette
large farms worked by laborers who lived on the property
Plantations
Who financed Columbus' voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
In 1519, this conquistador sailed from Cuba to Mexico with more than 500 soldiers.
Hernando Cortes
This English explorer made 4 voyages in search of the northwest passage
Henry Hudson
How did colonists in New France support themselves
By fur trading, then by farming
religious settlements run by Catholic priests and friars
Mission
Where did Columbus try to travel to?
Asia
This Aztec leader met with Cortes and tried to get him to leave by offering gold
Moctezuma
Give 3 reasons why John Cabot was not supported by Portugal and Spain
1. Didn't want to fund him
2. Tendency to lose ships
3. Lookin for land that wasn't there
In 1603, this explorer made the first of 11 voyages to explore and map the lands along the St. Lawrence River
Samuel de Champlain