People
King of France who sent colonists to America
King Louis XIV
Former Capital of Louisiana
New Orleans
A word meaning "partners" during war
allies
True or false? New France grew rapidly.
False. New France grew slowly
A simple machine with a bar and fulcrum used to move heavy items
lever
Governor of New Netherlands
Peter Minuit
Champlain founded this major Canadian Province
Quebec
When both sides are greatly harmed during battle, this is called _______________
internecine
fur
A simple machine used with a rope and wheel to lift and lower heavy items easily
a pulley
founded Quebec along the St. Lawrence River
Samuel de Champlain
Marquette and Joliette sailed down this river in search of a mythical North West Passage
The Mighty Mississippi
How many owners does a proprietary colony have?
One
What is the main reason French people were colonizing in America/Canada?
Wealth from the fur trade
Why do we use simple machines?
to make our work easier and to give ourselves a mechanical advantage
The French Catholic missionary and French fur trader who sailed down the Mississippi River in search of the Northwest Passage with help from some Native Americans; The Natives warned them that Spanish had already settled in the South so they turned around and went back to present-day Canada
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliette
New Amsterdam is now known as...
Manhattan, N.Y.C.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: an agreement signed by two sides to stop fighting
a treaty
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Why didn't many people want to leave France to come to North America?
French settlements were not very attractive and many people did not want to leave France to go there
A simple machine used to chop wood or cut food
a wedge
Sailed to find the mouth of the Mississippi River; He arrived and named the area Louisiana after the King, Louis XIV.
Sieurr La Salle
Dutch people are from...
The Netherlands
While New France was a proprietary colony, New England believed in governing itself. This is called ________________.
self-government
True or false? New Netherland is the former name of what are now parts of New Jersey and New York.
True
Fill in the blanks: A screw is a ____________ with a/an _______________ wrapped around it, and used to hold things together.
pole; inclined plane