Vocabulary: Which word means "self-supporting"?
self-sufficient
The Connecticut colony adopted the Fundamental Orders. What was the Fundamental Orders?
the first written system of government in North America
Vocabulary: Which word means "a safe place"?
refuge
Who did William Penn establish Pennsylvania as a refuge for?
Quakers
Vocabulary: Which word means "a large estate where they raised cattle and sheep by the thousand"?
hacienda
Why was life hard for the Indians who lived at the Spanish missions?
They had to give up their religious traditions and were treated poorly.
What was the most important cash crop in South Carolina?
indigo
Why did the Spanish build presidios?
to protect the settlers in the colony
Vocabulary: Which word means "the ability people or things have to affect other people or things"?
influence
How did the Spanish settlements in the borderlands change the lives of the Indians living there?
The Indians learned how to tame horses and raise sheep.
Vocabulary: Which word means "a colony controlled by a king or queen"?
royal colony
Why did the Spanish government create the Spanish borderlands in the north of New Spain?
to protect its settlers and gold and silver mines
Which one of these best explains why the Virginia Company established the colony of Jamestown?
They wanted it to be a trading post to make a profit.
What was the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
Vocabulary: Which word means "areas of land on or near the boarders between countries, colonies, or regions"?
borderlands
Why did King Louis XIV make New France a royal colony?
He wanted to rebuild his empire in North America after the fur trade was nearly destroyed.
Vocabulary: Which word means "a colony that was owned or ruled by one person who was chosen by the king or queen"?
proprietary colony
When Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet went looking for the Mississippi River, what did they hope they would find?
the Northwest Passage (a route to Asia)
What was the most important cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?
tobacco
Who claimed the area known as Louisiana for the French?
Sir de La Salle
What was the reason for most of the disagreements and wars between Indians and English settlers?
more and more English settlers were taking the Indians' land
Why did the French king make Louisiana a proprietary colony?
He wanted just one person to own and rule the colony.
Vocabulary: Which word means "not plentiful"?
scarce
Why did the Puritans come to America and settle their colony in Massachusetts?
to practice their religion and live a more Pure life
Vocabulary: Which word means "a person who comes from their home country to live in a new country"?
immigrant