Vocabulary
Some ranchers built these large estates.
What is haciendas
A stream or river that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary
What is Florida?
Along the Mississippi who was trading goods at the Trading Posts.
Who were the French and the Native Americans?
What fort did George Washington and his soldiers build in the meadows of Pennsylvania?
Fort Necessity - to protect his soldiers from the French
To protect missions, the Spanish these military forts.
What are presidios
A war in 1675 where the Native Americans fought the English settlers in a conflict over land. The English won the war to control most of New England.
What is the King Philip's War?
The group that took control of the region "New Mexico".
Who are The Spanish?
The French were hoping to find what while exploring the Mississippi.
What is the Northwest passage (way to the Pacific Ocean)?
Known as "the property of the Crown of Great Britain" in which both French and Britain sought after.
What is the land along the Ohio River?
A road that connected Mexico City and Santa Fe also known as the Royal Road.
What is El Camino Real
A rugged stretch of land near the Appalachian Mountains where settler began to move in the 1700s.
What is Backcountry?
The El Camino Real "the royal road" was used for what?
What was to carry goods from Mexico city to Santa Fe?
In 1681, who continued the exploration of the Mississippi river?
Who was Robert La Salle?
The war was called this because British forces fought against the French and their American Indian allies.
What is the French and Indian War?
A fierce battle where the Spanish were driven out of New Mexico
What is the Pueblo Revolt
Many Native American groups resisted the the British led by an Ottawa leader names Pontiac. The Native Americans won many victories before the British put down the rebellion.
What is the Pontiac's Rebellion?
The 3 Native American groups that were fighting the Spanish for the land in New Mexico.
Who are the Pueblo, Apache and the Navajo?
In 1682, Louisiana was claimed for what territory?
What was the French?
The treaty that was signed to officially end the war with Britain and France. The British were to gain control of French lands west of the Mississippi.
What was the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
A place where the French and the Native Americans met to trade goods
What is the Trading Posts
Britian's King George III issues this to announce that colonists were no longer to allow settlers on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The man who founded the first Spanish Missions in another part of New Spain (California) in the 1700s.
Who is Father Junipero Serra?
In 1722, New Orleans was a major city, for what reasons.
It was an ideal location of the mouth of the Mississippi river, great for trading.
The Native American leader who resisted the new British settlers in 1763. He led the fight for the land.
Who is Pontiac?