Native Civilizations
Two Native Civilizations conquered by Spanish conquistadors
Aztec and Inca
French explorers traded anything metal to the natives for what?
Fur pelts
This man "discovered" the new world for the Spanish
Christopher Columbus
First successful English settlement
Jamestown / Massachusetts
Early Inhabitants came from _______ and settled ________. (continents)
Asia, North America (the Americas)
Modern day Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
the French were looking for what when they explored North America
A northwest passage to Asia
Conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez
Puritans fled England for the new world because of...
Religious persecutions
Type of animal that the early humans followed to north america
Mammoths/Elk
Disease that wiped out half of Aztec population
Smallpox
First permanent French Colony in modern day Canada
Quebec
Conquistador that explored Modern day Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
Set of laws designed by Puritans for the new world
Mayflower Compact
The era that humans first arrived in N. America
Ice age / Paleo-lithic
Native Confederacy consisting of 5 nations speaking the same language
Iroquois League
French Explorer that discovered Mississippi river
Robert de Lasalle
Name the two Spanish Colonies in the new world
New Spain, Peru
the peak of religious intolerance in New England
Salem Witch Trials
Two Theories on how early humans came to North America
Land Bridge Theory, Coastal Route Theory
Aztec Emperor captured by Hernan Cortez
Montezuma II
French colony based on Gulf of Mexico, named after the King of France
Louisiana
Economic system used by the Spanish to subjugate the native population
Encomienda System
This man founded the Rhode Island colony
Roger Williams
Evidence that supports the Land Bridge theory
Clovis Culture