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____________________________________________ landed in Newfoundland in 1000AD.
The Norseman (Vikings)
___________________________________ landed in the new world in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
What is a cartographer?
a mapmaker
North and South America are named for _________________.
In 1513, ____________________________________________ discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Why did Native Americans join together to fight against the British?
They wanted to stop the British from settling on their land.
In 1513, ____________________________________________ discovered and named Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
The ______________________________ came to the New World, including Alabama, looking for wealth (gold and silver).
The Native Americans were frightened by the Spanish __________________________________, swords, and armor.
_______________________________________ was the first Spanish explorer to explore Alabama in 1519. He discovered Mobile Bay.
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
The French claimed land from __________ to the Gulf of Mexico.
Canada
When Britain won the French and Indian War, Britain took all of France’s _____________________.
land
________________________________________, traveled all across the deep South, including Alabama, in search of gold.
Hernando de Soto
Why did De Soto choose Juan Ortiz to be his interpreter?
A Native American chief who refused to give de Soto supplies, so de Soto destroyed their village.
Chief Tuskaloosa
The French came to North America to try to control the ________ trade.
fur
The two French brothers sent to strengthen new French trading posts along the Gulf coast were ____________________ and _________________.
LeMoyne and Bienville
When the American Revolution ended in 1783, the U.S government claimed all of the land east of the ______________.
Mississippi
Why were French trading posts in forts?
Forts could protect the French from being attacked.
Like the French and the Spanish, the British traded weapons with the Native Americans for ______________________________________.
animal skins
The Spanish wanted gold. The French wanted the fur trade. The British wanted _____________________________.
Native American land
The _______________________________ happened because people did not want to be taxed without being represented in government.
American Revolution
Alexander McGillivray was a __________.
Creek leader
Which President ordered the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Andrew Jackson