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100

A religious settlement where missionaries live and work.

mission

100

He was selected to take back New Mexico from the Pueblo, and he reached a compromise with the Pueblo.

Diego de Vargas

100

He led a small group of troops to force the French out of the Ohio River valley.

George Washington
100

In 1609, became the capital of New Mexico, replacing San Gabriel.

Santa Fe

100

Became the capital of Louisiana in 1722.

New Orleans

100

What did Diego de Vargas promise the Pueblo?

a. freedom to choose their religion

b. payment for their land taken

c. help in defeating the French

d. removal of all Spanish missions

a. freedom to choose their religion

200

To cause a person to change a belief.

convert


200

Spanish governor who, in 1675, jailed 47 Pueblo religious leaders.

Antonio de Otermín

200
Haitian fur trader who built a trading post off Lake Michigan in the 1770s.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

200

This state was named after Louis XIV.

Louisiana

200

Temporary location quickly built by Washington's troops out of logs.

Fort Necessity

200

What was the last part of New Spain to be settled by Europeans?

a.  New Mexico                b.  Mexico

c.  California                   d.  Georgia

c.  California

300

A military fort where soldiers live.

presidio

300

Spanish conquistador who, in 1595, was given permission by King Phillip III of Spain to build a settlement in the lands the Spanish called New Mexico.

Don Juan de Oñate

300

A French explorer who, in 1682, followed the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France.

René Robert La Salle

300

In 1565, Spain founded this in Florida as the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.

St. Augustine

300

City that was a good harbor on the California coast that had first been explored by Juan Rodríguez.

San Diego

300

What was the most important industry in New France?

a. shipbuilding             b. the fur trade

c. farming                   d. mining

b.  the fur trade

400
The fourth conflict that began because the British colonists moved into North American lands claimed by France.

French and Indian War

400

A Spanish missionary who, beginning in 1769, began building missions from San Diego to modern-day San Francisco in California.

Junípero Serra

400

British leader who believed that the British could win their power struggle with the French in North America. He poured money, troops, and equipment into the effort.

William Pitt

400

This connected the Spanish missions in the Southwest to Mexico.

El Camino Real

400

Location where the first battle of The French and Indian War came in 1754.

Fort Duquesne

400

Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?

a. The French helped the Iroquois.

b. Both wanted control of Mexico.

c. The British helped the Huron.

d. Both wanted the Ohio River valley.

d. Both wanted the Ohio River valley.
500

People who carried furs and other goods by canoe.

voyageurs

500
Pueblo medicine man who was jailed and planned a rebellion and convinced the Pueblo communities to unite to force the Spanish to leave.

Popé

500

This Ottawa chief urged the Native Americans to "drive off your land those who will do you nothing but harm."

Pontiac

500

The missions the Spanish built around this city became known as the Alamo chain.

San Antonio

500

In the 1680s, the Spanish began building settlements in this state.

Texas

500

William Pitt helped the British win the war by _____

a. writing the Treaty of Paris.

b. giving money to the French.

c. building Pittsburgh.

d. giving money to the British.

d. giving money to the British.

600

"Wood runners" who trapped furs without permission from France.

coureurs de bois

600

DAILY DOUBLE

He and his brother established the first French settlement in Louisiana, Fort Maurepas.

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

600

In 1698, he argued for a French settlement at the mouth of the Mississippi.

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
600

DAILY DOUBLE

Name two cities that became trading posts, one built by the French, the other built by a Haitian fur trader.

Detroit and Chicago

600

Area that lies between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.

Ohio River valley

600

DAILY DOUBLE

What method of warfare did the French use during the French and Indian War?  What was it called and describe what they did.

Native American method.  Surprise attacks.

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