France
This was the most valuable export from North America for the French
Fur
These people wanted to completely leave the Church of England - later became known as Pilgrims
Separatists
New Amsterdam
This explorer sailed for France and explored the St. Lawrence River helping to claim Quebec but he brought home worthless rocks that he thought were gold.
Jacques Cartier
The Pilgrims made a treaty with this Wamponoag leader for trade and protection
Massasoit
Name one reason fewer French Settlers came to North America compared to other countries
War with England
The Pilgrims wrote this agreement upon their arrival and before getting off of their ship to set up their government.
Mayflower Compact
Peter Minuit is known for claiming land between these two colonial areas. (must name both)
Between Virginia and New York/New Amsterdam
Giovanni de Verrazano
After surviving their first bad winter, the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated with a fall harvest meal. What is this now known as?
Thanksgiving
Many explorers were searching for this mythical waterway to cross the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. What is it called?
Northwest Passage
This Puritan leader helped found a colony in New England and led to the development of many towns, such as Boston
John Winthrop
The colony's governor Peter Stuyvesant attacked a nearby Swedish settlement but allowed the settlers to remain. What was the name of that settlement?
New Sweden
Which explorer sailed for the Netherlands and explored the River and bay that now share his name?
Henry Hudson
Which Native American group acquired guns through trade and fought back against French and English expansion
Iroquois
Give two reasons explorers kept traveling to North AMerica even though the didn't find the NW Passage?
-to find new lands
-to claim resources
- to claim territory for their country
Name two things every puritan town included (besides a church)
School and Library
New Amsterdam became this city
New York
This French explorer claimed the Mississippi River Region for France and named it after a royal title
Robert La Salle
What was the Puritan approach to converting Native Americans to Christianity?
They did not force them, but felt it was their duty to try to convert them
This group of Native Americans encouraged the French explorers to move west toward the St. Lawrence River to find gold and spices.
Iroquois
Although Puritans left England for Religious freedom, they did this to anyone who spoke out against their beliefs
Eventually the Dutch were forced out of North America. What were the 3 countries that remained as super powers there. (must name all 3)
France, Spain, England
He founded Quebec and gained the trust of the Huron people
Samuel de Champlain
Name one positive and one negative effect of the European colonization on Native Americans.
postitive - trade relationships, conversions to Christianity
Negative - conflict, forcing them out of their lands, war/disease