The Beginning of European Colonizations
What was the major motivation for European exploration?
Profit
Indigenous workers.
What challenge did the first Jamestown colonists experience?
The challenge by the environment
How did Marco Polo encourage European Exploration?
He wrote a book about his travels in Asia.
What was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?
to conquer a large empire for Spain
Why did the London Company send colonists to Virginia?
To start a money making colony
What was the goal of the first European explorers?
To find a water route to Asia.
What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?
to teach their religion to the indigenous people.
Which event helped end conflict between the Jamestown colonists and local Indigenous people.
Marriage between John Rolfe to Pocahontas
How did the columbian Exchange affect many Indigenous people in the Americas?
They died from diseases.
Who settled in the Spanish Borderlands?
Soldiers and Missionaries
What was an important economic activity of both the French and Dutch settlements?
Fur Trade
What was an effect of Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas?
What word or saying describes the relationship between the French and the Indigenous groups?
They were business partners.
What did the English rename New Netherland after they took control in 1664?
New York
Who fired the first shot during the Haudenosaunee and Wyandot battle?
Champlain fired first shot, in self defense.