🦬First Americans
Where did the first Americans migrate from thousands of years ago?
What is Asia?
What was France's territory in North America called?
What is New France?
What was the Dutch colony in North America called?
What is New Netherland
In what year was Jamestown founded in Virginia?
What is 1607?
I took control of Jamestown in 1608 and required colonists to work for food.
Who is John Smith?
What was the name of the land bridge that the first Americans crossed during the Ice Age?
What is Beringia?
Who founded Quebec in 1608?
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
What was the main Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island called?
What is New Amsterdam
What company wanted the Jamestown colony to make money?
What is the London Company?
I founded Quebec in 1608 and helped establish an important center of French exploration and trade.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Many early Americans followed these while searching for food and new places to live.
What are animals?
What trade became an important part of New France's economy?
What is the fur trade?
Which Native American alliance developed an important trading relationship with the Dutch?
Who are The Iroquois Confederacy
Who is the leader who took control of Jamestown in 1608 and required colonists to work in order to receive food?
Who is John Smith?
I successfully grew tobacco in Virginia, helping Jamestown become profitable.
Who is John Rolfe?
What did Native Americans use natural resources for?
What are food, shelter, clothing, and tools?
Which Native American nation became a strong ally of the French?
Who are the Huron?
England wanted New Netherland partly because it was located between these two groups of English colonies.
What are the northern and southern colonies?
What is the name given to the deadly winter of 1609–1610 when Jamestown suffered from extreme starvation?
What is the Starving Time?
I claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France in 1682 and named the territory Louisiana.
Who is Robert de La Salle?
This is the term for changing the way you live in order to survive in a particular environment.
What is adaptation?
What territory did Robert de La Salle claim for France in 1682 and name after King Louis XIV?
What is Louisiana?
This is the name New Amsterdam received after England took control in 1664.
What is New York?
John Rolfe successfully grew what crop? This helped make Jamestown economically successful.
What is tobacco?
I claimed land in present-day Canada for France in 1534.
Who is Jacques Cartier?