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5th SS Ch 4

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France
Canada, New France sources of wealth furs and trade
Africans
peoples brought to the Americas against their will and forced to work for the colonists
missionaries
people who came to the Americas to convert native peoples to Christianity
Tisquantum
Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to fish and plant crops that would do well
Holland
along the Hudson River, New Amsterdam, sources of wealth furs and trade
What was the reason for the Virginia Company coming to America?
to make a profit for the company
Motecuhzoma
Aztec leader when Europeans came to Mexico
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer who heard stories about the Seven Cities of Gold and set out to find them
Indian peoples
peoples who died from hunger, overwork, and diseases after being enslaved by the Spanish
Jacques Cartier
explorer who looked for the Northwest Passage
England
eastern coast of North America sources of wealth tobacco
Samuel de Champlain
explorer who founded Quebec and Montreal
Sir Walter Raleigh
European who founded a colony at Roanoke Island that soon disappeared
What was the French governments reasons for coming to America?
gain wealth and power like the Spanish
Hernando Cortes
leader of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth and named present-day Florida
What was the reason for the pilgrims coming to America?
to find religious freedom
Spain
Middle and South America, sources of wealth gold, silver, and crops
Hernando de Soto
explorer who claimed for Spain all of what is today the southeastern United States
Atahuallpa
leader of Incas killed by the Spanish
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill the Inca emperor

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