Key Terms
Large farm that generally grew one type of crop
plantation
Italian sailor who paid for his own exploration, sailed for England in search of Northwest Passage
John Cabot
Name the Spanish fleet of warships
Spanish Armada
Describe the relationship between the French and the Native Americans
Generally more peaceful. More respectful.
Name of the North American territory the Dutch purchased from Native Americans, currently New York City.
New Amsterdam
Capital of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Name for English sailors
sea dogs
Resources sought by Cortes and reason for his desire to conquer Aztec Empire
gold and silver
Name for French Protestants
Huguenots
The Dutch colony included which present-day US states? Must name all 4
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware
Aztec emperor during Spanish conquest
Moctezuma II
The English won a Huge battle at sea against the Spanish because their ships were _______________
faster
Who drove French colonists out of Florida?
The Spanish
English explorer who sailed for the Netherlands and found NY - a body of water is named after him
Henry Hudson
Name the system that gave settlers the right to tax and enslave Native Americans
the encomienda system
Word carved on tree by colonists of the "Lost Colony"
Croatoan
Who conquered the Inca empire?
Francisco Pizarro
He explored the St. Lawrence River in 1534 and all the way to present day Montreal, claiming lands for France.
Jacques Cartier
Name of the Dutch colony (settlement) in the New World
New Netherlands
Name the document that gave permission to start a colony
charter
First English colonist born in North America
Virginia Dare
The Spanish conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. Name 3 advantages to helped with their defeat.
Superior weapons
Alliances
Diseases
In search of a Norwest Passage, who sailed for France along the coast of North America from present-day North Carolina to Maine?
Giovanni da Verrazano
Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from Native Americans for a price worth about _______ today.
Fill in the blank
Answers vary
$1,100