Spanish Exploration
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean for the Spanish?
Balboa
Who was the first explorer in N. America for the French crown?
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Did Hudson explore in North America for the English nation?
No
Who was the first English citizen born in N. America?
Virginia Dare.
Did the Spanish or French settlers and explorers typically intermarry with the Natives in the areas they entered?
Yes
Who was the first to circumnavigate the globe for Spain?
Juan Sebastian Elcano
Which was the first of the explorers for the French realized the importance of the fur trade from Canada?
Jacques Cartier
Who was the first explorer in North America for England?
John Cabot
Where did the Saints of Scrooby settle in N. America
Plymoth, MA
What was the system of land grants given in New Spain called?
Repartimientos or Encomiendas
Who defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
What does kanata mean?
village or settlement
Under Queen Elizabeth I, why was the opportunity to explore and settle in N. America open?
The Spanish Armada was destroyed.
What was the primary purpose of the VA settlement attempt at Jamestown?
Business investment for the company funding it.
Were the French big on making the Natives slaves for their purposes in New France (Canada)?
No
What was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado interested in in the American SW?
Cibola... the Seven Cities of Gold
Which of the French explorers set the foreign policy for New France by allying with the Hurons vs the Iroquois?
Samuel de Champlain
Why was England so late in exploring N. America?
What was the typical land arrangement for the new settlements in New England called?
The Township ... a grid on land 6 miles by 6 miles square.
Is it true to say that the Spanish in their American colonies had several functioning universities prior to the English even having a functioning settlement in N. America?
yes
What countries were directly to benefit from the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Spain and Portugal
Which two Frenchmen explored down the Mississippi and back, meeting with and evangelizing Natives.
Marquette and Joliet
What did Sir Walter Raleigh have to do with exploration in N. America?
He was part of the company that funded the Roanoke (VA) settlement that failed.
What was the reason the Pilgrims decided to write out the Mayflower Compact while still onboard the Mayflower?
To bind under social contract all members of the settlement... so that they'd obey law and magistrates once on shore when disagreements arose.
Why did the English social class structure not survive in N. America?
The availability of cheap land and the opportunity to set up for oneself were disincentives to remaining beholden to a patron or lord.