Lesson 3
This area was between the Appalachia Mountains and the Mississippi River
Ohio River valley
This city became the capital of Louisiana in 1722
New Orleans
This is a religious settlement where missionaries live and work
mission
He was a general in the British Army before becoming best known for being our first POTUS
George Washington
Which groups did the Spanish want to keep out of their lands?
French and Russian
This city was once called Fort Pitt
Pittsburg
Louis XIV
This word means to cause a person to change a belief
convert
This Ottawa chief feared the incoming settlements of the British in the Americas.
Pontiac
Which group did the French want to keep out of their land (Louisiana)?
British
This document gave Great Britain all of France's lands in the Ohio River valley and Canada
Treaty of Paris
These people carried furs and other goods by canoe
voyageurs
This word is a military for where soldiers live
presidio
This French explorer claimed the lands along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico for France in 1682
Rene Robert La Salle
Name the three countries who occupied land in the Americas in 1750
British, Spanish, French
This official announcement set aside all British land west of the Appalachians for Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
This term is also known as a "woods runner"
coureurs de bois
This "royal road" connected the Spanish missions in the SW to Mexico
El Camino Real
This medicine man planned a rebellion against the Spanish and their missions
Pope
Name the two cities that were once fur trading posts along what is now the Great Lakes area
Detroit and Chicago
This conflict was over land that the French and British each wanted in the Americas.
French and Indian War
This was the main economic activity of New France
fur trade
This was the most important building in the mission
church
This Spanish missionary led an expedition in 1769 to meet in San Diego and establish missions in California
Junipero Serra
British, French, Spanish, Russian