Is a person who goes on a religious journey.
Pilgrim
Where was the location of Spanish missions in New Spain?
St. Augustine, Florida
Why did England want to start a colony in North America?
Queen Elizabeth was jealous of Spain claiming land and wanted some for herself.
Who owned more land in the Americas? French, Dutch, or English?
French
What did the Pilgrims promise to do in the Mayflower Compact?
The Mayflower Compact promised colonists fair and equal laws.
People that are chosen by voters to speak for them.
Representative
Why was the location of the St. Augustine settlement important to the Spaniards?
St. Augustine was in Florida. It was a perfect place for settlement because it was near a route followed by Spanish ships from the Americans to Spain. This later became important for the slave trade and shipping.
What was the key factor in the survival and progress of the English colony at Jamestown?
The Virginia Company helped finance the colony and they picked what they thought was a healthy spot.
What was life in the Dutch colony of New Netherland based on?
Commerce- fur trade
What was the relationship like between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans? Puritans and the Native Americans?
Pilgrims and the Native Americans had a positive relationship which resulted in the first Thanksgiving. The Puritans and the Native Americans had a different relationship because the Puritans did not respect the Native American ways.
A long period of time without rain.
Drought
Describe the role of Native Americans in the economy of New Spain.
The Native Americans were to provide free labor, gold, sliver, and other goods to the settlers.
What was the geography and environment like at the Jamestown colony?
The location was unhealthy. The water was unfit to drink and the mosquitoes caused diseases to spread rapidly.
What was the relationship like between the Native Americans and the French and Dutch colonists?
The French and Dutch needed Native Americans to get more fur for fur trading. They did have a poor relationship with the Iroquis.
What was the role of religion in the lives of Pilgrims and Puritans?
Pilgrims came to spread their religious beliefs by teaching Native Americans. Puritans came to the Americas for religious freedom.
A shortcut by water from North America to Asia.
North West Passage
Discuss the role of the encomienda in the economy of the Spanish settlements in New Spain.
The Spanish Government granted settlers power over the Native Americans, so they had free labor as a result of the Encomienda.
Discuss three factors that were important in the survival and growth of the Jamestown colony.
1. Good Relationship with Native Americans
2. Virginia company funding.
3. Stretching and harvesting food
New Amsterdam is known today as which US city?
New York City
Contrast the ways the European colonists in North America and the Native Americans viewed the ownership of land.
European's felt that they owned the land and Native Americans worshiped and honored what the land gave them.
A grant from the Spanish Government which gave a Spanish settler the right to control Native Americans.
Encomienda
Why did Spanish settlements spread in North America?
The Spanish wanted to expand their territory and needed more space for settlements. They also wanted to explore and find gold.
What was the relationship like between the English colonists on Roanoke Island and the local Native Americans?
The Native people and the settlers had many arguments. The colonists sought help from the Native Americans, but they could not help them with the food shortage and became the lost colony.
Give some examples of Artisans in New Amsterdam and New Netherlands.
Jewelry makers, painters, musicians, glass blowers...
Describe why the Pilgrims and Puritans came to North America.
Pilgrims to spread Christianity to Native Americans
Puritans- Religious Freedom