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These five European nations, besides Spain, sent explorers to the Americas.
What are Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands, and Sweden?
These northern explorers went to areas Spain had not yet claimed.
Why did other European nations explore the northeastern part of North America?
This Dutch colony, founded in 1623, later became part of New York State.
What is New Netherland?
He was the French explorer who founded the city of Quebec.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
The colony of Roanoke was located off the coast of this modern U.S. state.
What is North Carolina?
This was the all-water route to Asia that explorers searched for through North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
English merchants were happy with John Cabot’s discoveries for this reason.
What is because he found excellent fishing waters?
Early Dutch settlements were built along this river for trade and travel.
What is the Hudson River?
The name “Canada” originally meant this type of settlement.
What is a small village?
Walter Raleigh hoped to find treasure and attack Spanish ships by founding this.
What is an English colony in North America?
These two explorers led the first European voyages into New York Harbor.
Who were Giovanni da Verrazzano and Henry Hudson?
Hudson’s crew turned against him after a failed mission and illness during this event.
What is a mutiny against Henry Hudson?
Conflicts arose when the Dutch thought they bought land, but Natives thought they were doing this instead.
What is sharing the land?
These two explorers traveled beyond Cartier’s route, reaching the Great Lakes.
Who were Étienne Brûlé and Jean Nicolet?
The first settlers of Roanoke changed from trading with the Natives to doing this.
What is stealing from them?
This Dutch leader expanded New Netherland by capturing a Swedish colony.
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
The French maintained good relations with Native peoples for this economic reason.
What is to trade furs?
Europeans traded guns and weapons for this valuable North American resource.
What is beaver fur?
Cartier’s use of the word “savages” shows this attitude toward Native peoples.
What is disrespect or a belief that European culture was superior?