French Colonies
What present-day area was New France located in?
Canada, and in the northeastern United States
What did the Dutch name their settlement?
Who did French merchants hire to build a settlement in North America?
Samuel de Champlain
How did Native men and colonists communicate during trades?
By using hand signals
What is a merchant?
Someone who buys and sells merchandise, or objects
What was the first French settlement in New France?
Quebec
What was the name of the Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island?
New Amsterdam, named after the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands
Who explored the St. Lawrence river in the early 1500s?
Jaques Cartier
Which group of European colonists did the Huron partner with?
The French in Quebec
What is the definition of supply?
The amount of a good that is available or offered for sale
How did French merchants hope to become wealthy?
They wanted to join the fur trade, and to compete with England and Spain for control and wealth.
Which two present-day states was New Netherland located in?
New York and New Jersey
Who was the leader of New Amsterdam?
Peter Minuit
What religion did the French missionaries try to convert the Native Americans to?
Catholicism, or the Catholic Christian religion
What is the definition of demand as it's stated in our textbook? (the word has multiple definitions; what does it mean when we talk about it with supply?)
To desire something, the desire for something
Why did New France grow slowly?
The French did not have much interest in settling there, and they had no interest in building large settlements because they were busy trapping and hunting.
The Iriquois
What river did Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore?
The Mississippi River
The Dutch created an alliance with which group of Native American people?
The Iroquois
What does it mean to form an alliance?
To join in a partnership that benefits both groups
The French did not have much interest in settling there, and they had no interest in building large settlements because they were busy trapping and hunting.
Why did the Dutch build Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?
To protect their harbor where they traded furs by ship
King Louis XIV (the 14th)
How did conflicts with the Dutch affect the Native Americans?
The Natives lost their land to Dutch and Swedish farms, and wars broke out between them and the colonists. They attacked each other’s farms and villages, so as a result, many of the Natives died and their tribe was almost wiped out.
What happens when the demand for something goes up, but the supply of that thing goes down?
The price will go up, because people will pay more to get it.