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Facts and Main Ideas...again
Vocabulary... again
100
Land ruled by another country
What is a colony
100
Why did Spain build missions in the borderlands of New Spain?
to protect its empire and to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
100
What are two examples of cooperation and two examples of conflict between early European colonists and Native Americans?
Cooperation:
Tisquantum taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn. Pocahontas helped two groups live in peace.
Conflict:
Powhatan Wars
Europeans took over Native American lands
100
How did traders with the Plymouth Colony benefit Native Americans in the area?
They traded for metal goods and cloth.
100
A crop people grow to sell.
What is a cash crop?
200
The act of holding people against their will and forcing them to work without pay.
What is slavery?
200
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown
200
How were the Mayflower Compact the House of Burgesses important to self government?
They established ways for the colonists to make laws and govern themselves.
200
Which was the main reason French and Dutch settlers started colonies in North America?
They wanted to gain profits from the sale of furs to Europe.
200
An agreement.
What is a compact?
300
Spanish forts in the borderlands.
What are presidios?
300
Who settled Plymouth Colony, and what was their reason for doing so?
the Pilgrims; to live according to their religious beliefs.
300
Compare the settlement of Jamestown to the settlement of St. Augustine.
St. Augustine was settled by 1,500 people, mainly to protect Spain's empire.
Jamestown was settled by 105 colonists who wanted to find gold.
300
What was one advantage of the Pilgrims' building their settlement on a bay?
The location provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade.
300
A person who makes a journey for a religious purpose.
What is a Pilgrim?
400
A resource that can be used to make a product.
What is a raw material?
400
Why did some colonists enslave Native Americans and Africans?
to use as workers in their colonies
400
Compare the French settlement of Quebec to the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
Both settlements were established to profit from the fur trade.
400
How did Squanto help the first colonists in New England?
He taught them how to farm and fish.
400
When a king owns a colony.
What is a royal colony?
500
The money left over after all costs have been paid.
What is profit?
500
Which cash crop required many workers but helped the Virginia Colony grow?
tobacco
500
Write the numbers 1-5 in the correct blanks to show the order in which the following events occurred:
___ The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown.
___ Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine.
___ The Dutch establish New Amsterdam.
___ Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec.
___ William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
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5
3
4
500
Why was the House of Burgesses important?
It helped make laws that were needed to keep order in the Virginia Colony. It was also the first representative assembly in the English colonies. It allowed some of the Virginia colonists to elect people who would represent them in the House of Burgesses.