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Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto crossed present-day Alabama and MS in search of
gold
The French traded with Native Americans for
furs
Why did Spain enter the French and Indian war?
The French offered Spain land in what is now Mississippi
What was approved on July 4, 1776
The Declaration of Independence
Many Native Americans responded to de Soto by?
Welcoming him
Did the British have interest in settling land in North America?
Yes
As a result of the French and Indian War, Britain and Spain divided
Frances land in North America
Spain entered the Revolutionary War to
aid colonists in their fight against Britain
Why did Native Americans get mad at de Soto?
He mistreated them/he was mean to them
Which phrase BEST describes the movement of British settlers in North America?
westward from the Atlantic coast
After the French and Indian War, why did many settlers move to the colony of West Florida?
The British offered land grants
Who took control of West Florida cities during the Revolutionary War?
The Spanish governor of Louisiana
A French explorer named Bienville helped the French claim what is now
Mississippi
Whom did the British settlers encounter when they began to move into Ohio and the Mississippi River valleys?
French fur traders
In order to pay its debts from the war, the British government
placed taxes on its colonies
After the Revolutionary War, Which country let Spain keep most of what is now Mississippi?
Britain
Robert La Salle was a French explorer who claimed the Mississippi River valley for
France
The French and Indian war is known as that because
Native Americans fought alongside the French
At a meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 it was decided that the colonists should
Spanish governors of the land that became known as Mississippi encouraged settlers to be involved in what?
the government