New Spain
By the 1500s, Spain had sent many explorers and settlers to claim land in the Americas in search of...
gold.
The French began to establish territories in the new world in search of...
furs.
Similar to the French, the Dutch were also in search of ...
furs.
English settlers were in search of gold, new land, as well as _________ freedom.
religious
The name of the "Lost Colony" is...
Roanoke.
New Spain was located in the southern region of this continent.
North America
The French established their colonies along this river.
The Mississippi River
The Dutch built settlements along the ________ River, in parts of what are now New York and New Jersey.
Hudson
A resource from nature that can be used to make a product.
Raw Material
The colony of Roanoke was established in present-day...
North Carolina
colony.
The first two French settlements, Quebec and Montreal, are located in this modern day country.
Canada
The Capital of New Netherlands was known as...
New Amsterdam.
This Native American daughter of the powerful Chief Powhatan helped bring peace between the colonists and Natives.
Pocahontas
How many times did Roanoke fail?
Twice.
In order to protect claimed territory from enemies, Spanish soldiers built __________ which were military forts.
presidios
Due to supply and demand for fur, settlers as well as Native Americans fought with one another in order to be a part of the fur trade. As a result, the French faced a big challenge while settling in the new world. They struggled to protect their _________ posts from enemies.
trading
The Dutch were unsuccessful with continuing to grow their colonies because they had a small population. As a result, their colonies were seized by the...
British / English
The Powhatan Wars lef King James I to make Virginia a _______ colony. This meant the king owned the colony.
royal
The first permanent colony built after Roanoke was known as...
Jamestown.
Missionaries
In 1717, Louisiana was a __________ colony. This meant that the French king gave the whole colony to John Law who would own it instead of the king.
proprietary
After seizing the land from the Dutch in 1664, the British renamed the territory of New Netherland to...
New York
As a leader of Jamestown, John Smith made an important rule --- anyone who did not work, did not...
eat.
When John White returned to Roanoke Island, he found that the word _________ had been carved into a wooden post.
Croatoan