Colonial Powers
This country founded missions across the Southwest to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.
What is Spain?
This European power developed strong trade relationships with the Huron and Algonquin tribes.
Who is France?
What crop was most important to the economy of Virginia?
Tobacco
What religion did Spanish missionaries try to spread?
Catholicism
What war was fought between the British and French over land in North America?
French and Indian War
This European country settled New France and focused on the fur trade.
What is France?
This was one major reason Native Americans formed alliances with European powers
What is to gain trade goods or protection?
What did the French trade with Native Americans?
Fur, especially beaver pelts
What religious group settled in Massachusetts for religious freedom?
Puritans
What treaty ended the French and Indian War in 1763?
Treaty of Paris
This country controlled the colony of New Netherland before it became New York.
What is The Netherlands or Dutch?
How did Spanish colonizers often treat Native Americans in missions and encomiendas?
They forced them to convert and work.
What was the Dutch colony’s economy based on?
Trade and commerce
How did French Jesuit missionaries differ from Spanish missionaries in their approach?
They lived among tribes and used peaceful conversion.
What territory did France lose as a result of the Treaty of Paris?
Land east of the Mississippi River
This colonial power allowed religious freedom and welcomed settlers from many countries.
Who are the Dutch?
What caused many conflicts between Native Americans and British colonists?
Land ownership and expansion.
What system did the Spanish use that forced Native Americans to work on plantations?
Encomienda system
What made New Netherland culturally different from other colonies?
Its diversity and religious tolerance
What happened to New Netherland during a conflict-free takeover?
It became New York under British control.
This made British colonies different in terms of government compared to Spanish and French colonies.
What is they had more self-governing institutions like assemblies?
Which war saw Native American tribes fight on both the French and British sides?
The French and Indian War
What kind of labor was used in British Southern colonies besides indentured servants?
Enslaved Africans
Why did Puritans in New England focus on education?
To ensure everyone could read the Bible
How did the outcome of the French and Indian War affect British power in North America?
Britain became the dominant colonial power.