Europeans in North America
A Spanish conqueror
What is a conquistador?
Agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters.
What is a treaty?
Lawmaking body of the British government.
What is parliament?
Runs from East to West
What is the equator?
An area owned and governed by a country.
What is a territory?
What is a missionary?
Public announcement
What is a proclamation?
Colonists fight against British Soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Runs from North to South Poles
What is the prime meridian?
Land that was divided into squares
What are townships?
An important trade item in New France
What is beaver fur?
Cloth, Iron Tools, and Weapons
What did European traders provide that Native Americans did not have?
Document listing the colonists' ideas about government and their reasons for independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Measured in degrees East and West
What are lines of longitude?
Wheat, corn, fruit, cattle, pigs, and sheep
Europeans started these in the Americas
What is a colony?
European traders came to the Ohio Valley to do this.
What is trading for furs?
The United States first plan of government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Measured in degrees North & South
What are lines of latitude?
Joining together.
What is unite?
Europeans came to North America for this reason.
What is trade, riches, and religion freedom?
Two Europeans nations claimed land in the Ohio Valley
Who are England and France?
Colonies declared independence and fought for freedom.
How did the colonies cut their ties with Britain?
Lines of latitude & Longitude describe an exact location
What is absolute location?
Christopher Columbus
Who is the explorer who arrived in Americas in 1492?