French Catholics in the New World
The first Native American to be canonized (called a "Saint" by the Catholic Church).
Who is Kateri Tekakwitha?
The French called Canada this.
The water passage that explorers hoped passed through America to the Indies is called this.
What is the northwest passage?
He was Dutch and both Hudson Bay and Hudson River named after him.
Who was Henry Hudson?
He knew many native languages so he could talk to many different tribes making him important to the trip.
Who was Father Jacques Marquette?
Kateri Tekakwitha was called this at the time of her death.
What is "Lily of the Mohawk?"
Which king of France wanted to have part of the New World's wealth.
Who was King Francis I of France?
A pirate hired by a king or queen to steal treasure from another country's ships is called this.
What is a privateer?
Lake Champlain was named after this Frenchman.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
The river Joliet and Marquette explored.
What was the Mississippi River?
The Jesuits who came with the French were called this by the Native peoples.
He discovered the St. Lawrence waterway for France.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
The main source of wealth for France in America was this.
What are furs?
La Salle named the lands he explored this.
What is Louisiana?
The king of France wanted this from the New World, that was enriching Spain.
What was silver?
When someone dies for their faith in Jesus it is called this.
What is martyrdom or being martyred?
This French explorer established the settlement of Quebec.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
The first privateer to sail to America for France.
Who was Giovanni da Verrazzano?
The Dutch called the colony on Manhattan Island New Amsterdam, we call it this.
What is New York City?
Joliet and Marquette undertook the journey to discover this.
What was an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean?
The French ministered to these two tribes.
Who were the Huron and Algonquin tribes?
This league of five tribes were the enemies of the Huron and Algonquin tribes.
Who were the Iroquois?
The Spanish set up permanent settlements, but the French lived like these people.
Who are the Native Peoples (the Indians)?
La Salle wanted to build a Paris of the New World at the Delta of the Mississippi, the modern name for the city is this.
What is New Orleans?
This tribe asked that Marquette remain among them, and he returned to them a year later.
Who were the Illinois Indians?