Religious rivalries
Search for a northwest passage
French and Dutch settlements
Exploring the Mississippi River
New France & New Netherland
100

What religion was the first explorers to colonies in the New World?

Catholicism

100

What was the dream of a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America called?  

Northwest passage

100

Settlements were established in the entire middle of North America by who?  (Bonus point:  What was it called?)

The French; New Spain

100
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
Who traveled the Mississippi River?
100
Slowly advanced
How did French settlement advance in North America
200

Many Europeans seeked religious freedom where?

In the Americas

200
Look for a northern sea route to Asia
What did John Cabot search for?
200
The Traders
French missionaries followed?
200
Tenant farmers
What is paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year
300

Name the 4 countries and 2 religions that were competing for colonies in the New World by 1600?

France & Spain = Catholicism

England & the Netherlands = Protestantism

300

Who did England hire to search for the northern route in the Colonies?  

Giovanni Caboto = John Cabot

300
To protect their trade
Why did France build forts?
300
It flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico.
What did they realize about the direction the Mississippi flowed?
300
Native Americans
Who do the French get along with?
400
Christian faith
What did the Europeans want to spread?
400

Who discovered the Hudson River in 1609?  Henry Hudson

  Henry Hudson

400
North America
French trappers went far into the interior of ?
400
New Orleans
What was found in 1718
400
Convert native Americans to Catholicism
What did the French tried to do?
500

What did Henry Hudson discover? 

The Hudson Bay, Hudson River...

500
In 1663
When did France become a royal colony?
500
In honor of Louis XIV
Why is Louisiana called Louisiana ?
500
No because colonies grew slowly
Where the natives threatened by the French
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