French in North America
The French came to America in the _______ century
16th
Great Britain began colonizing the New World in the late _____.
1500's or 16th century
Spain came to the New World in 1492, motivated by the quest for wealth, expansion of their empire, and the spread of ___________________.
Christianity
The Dutch came to the New World in the early _______ century.
17th
The Townshend duties taxed goods imported into the colonies and established a new board of customs commissioners to collect the __________on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
taxes
The French came to America initially seeking a Northwest Passage to ___________.
Asia
Great Britain's first permanent settlement in North America was ___________________, established in 1607.
Jamestown
______________________ reached the Americas on October 12, 1492, landing on an island in the Bahamas he named San Salvador.
Christopher Columbus
The Dutch came to the New World primarily for ______________.
trade
In May 1775, war had already begun between British soldiers and armed _________________citizens (what state/colony).
Massachusetts
The French later shifted focus to establishing a trade route for_________.
furs
Great Britain's motivations for expanding into North America included economic gain through resources and trade and competing with rival powers like _______ and France.
Spain
Columbus's initial voyage was intended to find a new trade route to __________, but he instead landed in the Americas.
Asia
The _____________River was discovered by the Dutch in 1609.
Hudson
On July _____, 1776, Congress formally declared the United States an independent nation, and two days later it adopted the Declaration of Independence, authored by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Congress before its approval.
2nd
The French founded colonies across eastern North America and the claimed the _________________ as theirs.
Ohio River Valley
Religious factors also played a role in Great Britain's expansion into North America, as some colonies were founded by groups seeking religious ____________.
freedom
Spain established permanent settlements within North America in 1493 and later, large-scale conquests of empires like the ___________and Incas, driven by the promise of gold and resources.
Aztecs
The Dutch established the colony of New________________.
Netherland
The American Revolution created a distinctive definition of national identity based upon__________ from King George III and Great Britain.
freedom
The French colonized the Caribbean, and South America, with key settlements like Quebec City in 1608 and _______________ in 1682.
Louisianna
Great Britain was also seeking to establish strategic _______________ bases throughout North America.
military
Spain's motivations for expansion into North America can be summarized by the 3 G's...Glory, God, and _______.
Gold
The Dutch West India Company was chartered in 1621 to facilitate the ________________ goals of trade in the Americas.
economic
Most of the declaration was a long list of _____________ directed against King George III, protesting recent policies that threatened to impose on the colonists “absolute tyranny.”
grievances