Spanish Colonies
What did they come to do?
Start large farms or plantations
What main crop made Jamestown rich?
Tobacco
Name of the boat they sailed on.
The Mayflower
True or False: the French had a lot of settlements in North America?
True
What country was the fist to bring colonies?
Spain
What was the capital city of New Spain?
Mexico City
Why did most of them die after the first year?
They did not know how to plant food.
Who helped the Pilgrims learn to grow new crops?
Tisquantum from Wampanoag
What type of trading did the Dutch and French both hope to do?
Fur
Roanoke was also known as the...
Lost Colony
What was the capital of the New Mexico colony?
Sante Fe
Who brought peace between Native Americans and Colonists in Jamestown?
Pocahontas
John Smith left Jamestown and explored the region of...
New England
What was the name of the settlement of the Dutch that is now New York and New Jersey?
New Netherland
Who brought tobacco plants into Jamestown?
John Rolfe
What was the name of the first Spanish colony?
St. Augustine in Florida
What was a requirement to vote?
Own land
Who paid for the Pilgrims' voyage?
Virginia Company
Name the first French settlement in North America.
Quebec
What did Robert de la Salle discover for France?
Mississippi
What specific form of Christianity were missionaries trying to force on Native Americans?
Catholicism
Two main ways the House of Burgesses was important.
1) made laws to keep order
2) People could elect representatives
Who was the Plymouth governor?
William Bradford
Who founded the first French settlement?
Samuel de Champlain
Who was the leader of Louisiana and what did he name the capital city?
John Law and New Orleans