Explorers
Spanish
English
French
This and That
100
What is the first person to discover America?
Christopher Columbus
100
What is the name of the places the Spanish built to teach others how to be Christians?
missions
100
What is the main reason the English came to America?
freedom of religion
100
Did the French win or lose the French-Indian War in 1763?
lost
100
People from Europe went to India and China to get jewels, silks and _________.
spices
200
What is the name of the Spanish explorer who looked for gold in the Southwest in 1540?
Francisco Coronado
200
What were the Spanish looking for in America?
gold or the Seven Cities of Gold
200
What is the name of the first English colony?
Jamestown
200
Who did the French fight with during the French Indian war?
England
200
Who were the first people to live in America?
Native Americans
300
Who is the FIRST person to explore the Southwest for Spain? Hint: He was actually from Africa
Estevanico
300
Name at least 2 crops the Native Americans helped the Spanish grow.
corn, pumpkins, beans tomatoes and cotton
300
The name of the colony Roger Williams founded because he wanted freedom of religion for everyone.
Rhode Island
300
Why did most French people come to America? (2 reasons)
to get furs and to teach the Native Americans the Catholic religion
300
What was the name of the colony founded so Catholics could have freedom of religion?
Maryland
400
What is the name of the first French explorer to come to America?
Jacques Cartier
400
What did the Spanish force the Native Americans into?
slavery
400
Who did James Oglethorpe start the Georgia colony for in 1773? (2 groups)
for poor people and people in jails
400
The French owned much more ________?________, but the English had more _______________?
land, more people
400
What did the Mayflower Compact state the Pilgrims should do?
make laws that were fair to all
500
What is the name of the French explorer who traveled the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico?
Rene' La Salle
500
What is the name of the oldest and highest capital in the nation? Hint: it is in the Southwest.
Santa Fe
500
What group of people came to Massachuttes for freedom of religion?
The Puritans
500
Why did the Native Americans like the French better than the Spanish and English?
The French did not make the Native Americans slaves nor did they steal their land.
500
Before the pilgrims came to America, they went to _______________.
Holland
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