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What were goals of the Virginia Company?
-To sell goods
-Find gold and silver
-Export raw materials
_____________ was the daughter of the Powhatan Indians’ chief.
Pocahontas
What was the effect of England wanting to have resources and colonies just like New Spain was to Spain?
The Queen gave Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to explore America and he began settling the first colony of Roanoke.
Why was Virginia a good place to farm?
Virginia had good soil and a mild climate that made it a great place to farm.
How does St. Augustine reflect the settlement’s importance to Spain at the time it was built?
St. Augustine is on the water, where ships and soldiers could patrol and protect Spanish ships.
True or False: Every settlement had a bad or strained relationship with the Native Americans living in the area.
False!
Compare the reasons that brought Puritans and Pilgrims to settle in New England.
Puritans and Pilgrims both were seeking religious freedoms, but had different beliefs about how to treat the Native Americans in regards to their religions.
The Company of New France had a _________, so nobody else could buy or sell furs.
monopoly
True or False: Spain's settlement strategy for New Spain in the 1600s was to build missions.
True!
Who were the signers of the Mayflower Compact?
Pilgrims
_______________was a French explorer who explored the Mississippi River Valley. He named it Louisiana after the French king, Louis XIV.
Robert de La Salle
If you were a _____________, you wanted to purify the Church of England.
Puritan
______________ was the English settler who might have single-handedly saved the colony at Jamestown.
John Rolfe
Why was the Mayflower Compact important to the colonies of New England?
It promised to make decisions as a group.
_____________ was an Englishmen who explored for the Dutch East India Company.
Henry Hudson
What was the period called of time where many settlers in Jamestown faced death from starvation and harsh living conditions?
The Starving Time
___________ was the best cash Jamestown exported for sale in England.
tobacco
What conclusion can be drawn about the type of community formed by the signers of the Mayflower Compact?
It prioritized religion and the common good.
How did the colonial communities created by the French and Dutch differ?
French settlements were spread farther apart.
What happened to the colony of Roanoke?
Nobody knows the true story of what happened, but when John White returned from England with supplies and help for the colony, the town and all its people were gone. There was a clue carved in a tree that said "CROATOAN".