Test Questions
Which nation started colonies in the Americas first?
Spain
Why did French Merchants help set up settlements in North America?
Wealth from the fur trade.
Land Ruled by another Country
Colony
Person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
Pilgrim
The amount of a good that is offered for sale.
Supply
What did Spain build in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the Native Americans to Christianity?
Missions
What was the aim of Dutch settlers coming to North America?
To Profit from the sales on furs to Europe.
Huge areas on land that people farmed on.
Plantations
Agreement
Compact
Partners
Allies
Which colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe?
Virginia
What kept Marquette and Joliet from reaching the mouth of the Mississippi River?
Spanish Soldiers
Practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay.
Slavery
People govern themselves.
Self-government
Missions
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Who was the first French Explorer to reach the mouth of the Mississippi River?
Sieur de La Salle
Raw Material
Go with most people who vote for a certain thing.
Majority Rule
Forts
Presidios
In Which present-day states did the Dutch establish New Netherland?
New York and New Jersey
What was one problem that early french settlements faced?
No one wanted to live in their settlements
Part ownership in a business
Stock
Desire for something.
Demand
Large homes or estates
Haciendas