Jamestown
Jamestown is a _______ colony.
A. French
B. Italian
C. English
D. Spanish
C. English
True or False:
England and France sought to convert native peoples to Catholicism.
False: Spain and France
Who was one of the first Europeans to sail the St. Lawrence River
Samuel de Champlain
New Spain appointed _________ who reported back to the controlling government in Europe and carried out the king's and queen's orders.
Governors
Marquette and Jolliet explored the _________ River and encountered Native Americans.
Which Native American group HELPED Marquette and Jolliet?
Mississippi
Illinois tribe
Jamestown was governed by a group of people who were elected to represent each settlement in the colony. These people were called _____________.
Representatives
What are encomiendas?
Systems of forced labor in Spanish colonies
Where was Samuel de Champlain from?
France
How did New Spain gain its wealth?
Mining gold and silver
Built ranches and sugar cane plantations
New France appointed _________ who reported back to the controlling government in Europe and carried out the king's and queen's orders.
Governors
What happened after Jamestown colonists started expanding into native lands?
Powhatan chief waged war with them for several decades.
Who did Pocahontas save from being executed?
What is the name of the colony that Champlain founded along the St. Lawrence River?
Quebec City
Did Bartolome de Las Casas help or harm the native people? How?
Helped, he became a missionary and defended them.
La Salle named the region at the end of the Mississippi River ___________ (named after French king, Louis XIV).
Louisiana
What was the quote that John Smith said about working?
"Those who do not work do not eat."
What is a missionary?
A person on a religious mission, usually to convert others to Christianity.
What bodies of water does the St. Lawrence River connect?
The Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes
Did Spain have a positive or negative relationship with the Native Americans? Why?
Negative, based on conquest and converting Natives to Catholicism
True or False:
Louisiana was much easier to farm than the rest of New France.
True
Who took over Jamestown after John Smith was injured and went back to England?
George Percy
Who did Pocahontas marry and what did he introduce to Jamestown? What happened between colonists and natives as a result of their marriage?
John Rolfe, tobacco
Brought peace between colonists and natives
What was the St. Lawrence River mainly used for?
Trading furs, goods, and ideas
Traveling
How did the Spanish replace the shrinking workforce of Native Americans (caused by disease, mistreatment, and harsh working conditions)?
Brought enslaved Africans to New Spain.
What were the Beaver Wars?
When Iroquois wanted to expand their territory and regain control of the fur trade, so they fought with Huron, Algonquin, and French.
It is called the Beaver Wars because of the severe decline of the beaver population