GOVERNMENT
Who made the rules in the French settlements?
The government in the mother country.
Most English colonist practiced which religion?
Protestants
What did the Spanish colonies do to make money?
They grew crops on plantations and sold them as cash crops.
Some families did not live on a farms. These families operated businesses in _____________________.
Towns or cities
What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange?
To transfer of foods and diseases between Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
If you lived in a southern English colony, who made the rules in the colony?
The English colonists
Which religion was mostly practiced in the Spanish settlements?
Roman Catholic
What was an important economic activity of the French settlement?
Fur Trading
The French settlements lived in the colonies because they made money by _____________.
Fur Trading
Which explorer was looking for gold?
Hernando de Soto
Who governed the Spanish colonies?
The mother country in Spain
What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?
To teach their religion to the American Indians.
New Spain made money in the colony by doing what?
Growing and selling cash crops on plantations.
The colonies that had farms used the things from their farms to provided everything that they needed. What is the word for means everything the colonists needed they made themselves?
self sufficient
What was the purpose of European explorers navigating for their sponsored country?
To find a faster route to Asia.
Which settlements were ruled by the government in the mother country? (There are 2)
The Spanish and the French colonies
The French settlers mostly practiced which religion?
Catholic
The southern colonies made money for the colony by growing cash crops on large plantations. Who did plantation owners have to help grow and harvest the crops on the plantations?
Slaves and indentured servants
If you lived in a town or city, would you most likely made your money by growing cash crops or owning a business?
Owning a business
It is believed that the Native American migrated into the Americas from Asia by __________________.
crossing the landbridge
Who made the laws in the English colonies?
The colonists made laws in the colonies.
The government in the mother country made laws about trading.
Spanish colonists tried to convert the Native Americans into Roman Catholic. French colonist tried to convert the Native Americans into which religion?
Which settlement economic activity was shipbuilding, lumber, fishing, and whaling?
New England colonies
Who provided labor for plantation owners for a certain number of years in exchange for paying for the trip to the New World?
Indentured Servants
Who is the first European to discover North America?
Leif Eriksson