Spanish Colonist
Someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion is called a
What is a Missionary
England and Spain were bitter rivals. Queen Elizabeth I; hoped to settle parts of America for her country. In what year did Sir Walter Raleigh send an exploration party on er behalf
What is year, 1584?
Mayflower Compact offered what to its people
What is a strong and fair government?
Jacques Cartier made trips to what is now Canada looking for a shortcut that crossed North America to Asia know as
What is the Northwest Passage?
In which of these locations did the Spanish set up missions
What is Texas, California, and other parts of the Southwestern United States?
The meaning of the word "monarch" is
What is a ruler?
In current day North Carolina; the failed Roanoke settlement is known as the
What is lost colony?
Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower in hopes to earn money but more importantly gain what in this new land
What is religious freedom from the Church of England?
In 1560 French started a settlement in Florida but was quickly defeated by what country?
What is Spain?
In hat is today Mexico what people group did the Spaniards fight and conquer
What is the Aztecs?
The name of the grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans is known as
What is a encomienda (en koh mee EN duh)
Spain and England are in what year
What is 1588
Pilgrims are also known as
What is a Separatists?
Furs were greatly prized in Europe and a successful trade post was set up in Canada in 1608 by
Who Samuel de Champlain
The Virgina Company started a settlement that would become the first lasting colony know as
What is Jamestown?
France built a fort in present day Jacksonville. Spain saw this as a threat and rival for control of America. Spain sent a fleet to destroy the French fort and Spain went on farther south to build their own in what is today the oldest European settlement in the United Sates known as...
What is St. Augustine, Fl
An investor gives money to a business in hopes to get what in return
What is "more money"?
Squanto a native to America a member of the Wamponoag tribe helped the Pilgrims and their first leader named
What is William Bradford?
During 1681-1682 a French explorer named Robert de La Salle sailed the entire river valley of the Mississippi for France; he claimed it and named it in honor of King Louis, he called it
What is Louisiana?
Pilgrims settled farther west than Cape Cod to a place known as
What is Plymouth?
What are two main issues that caused conflict between Spanish colonists and the Native Americans
What is disease and harsh treatment?
Upon the Queen's death the new King proposed to set up a colony in America and he gave the power to carry out the project to whom
What is the Virginia Company?
Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time is an
What is an indentured servant?
Like Jamestown the Netherlands was based on the business of buying and selling goods known as
What is commerce?
In 1609 Dutch business leaders sent an Englishmen named Henry Hudson who hoped to find the Northwest Passage; to help them profit trade with Asia instead he found
What is Rich fur trading area he also claimed new land for Dutch and the settlement of this colony known is known as New Amsterdam; present day ManHattan