New France
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Why were the French colonies slow to develop?
- there was a civil war going on in France in the 1600s.
- Which Europeans first explored the Mississippi River?
- Indians told the French about the Mississippi River.
- France sent explorers led by ________ ________ and _________ _________ who went all the way from Lake Michigan down to the Mississippi River almost to Louisiana.
- Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
- Which French explorer went all the way down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico?
- LaSalle led a group all the way down amd claimed all the land for France which closed in the English Colonies.
- LaSalle called the land _______________ in honor of the French King - King Louis XIV.
- Louisiana
- Why was it difficult for people to settle in Louisiana?
- The land was hot, swampy, and caused many harships.
- What was England's first interest in the New World?
- Fishing along the north coast of North America
- Why did the Queen of England want the English sea captains to attack the Spanish ships?
- The Spanish ships often carried gold, and the Queen wanted the gold.
- Who were the "sea dogs"?
- English pirates who attacked the Spanish ships.
- Who was the most famous sea dog and why was he similar to Magellan?
- Sir Francis Drake. He was the second one to sail around the world.
- Were the sea dogs successful in pirating gold for the Spanish?
- Yes, the captured gold made England rich and powerful.
- The Queen gave orders to Sir Walter Raleigh to start the first _____________ in America.
- English colony
- Where did the English first try to start a colony?
- Roanoke Island in North Carolina
- Was the settlement successful?
- No. The settlers ran out of supplies and it tool England too long to send supplies because England was in a war with Spain.
- The first colony was called _____________________.
- The Lost Colony
- Where was the first successfull English colony?
- Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
- Who started and owned the first English colony?
- A group of businessmen, adventurers called the Virginia Company
- no
- no
- What "cash crop" was grown in the new colony that made a lot of money and also resulted in black African slaves being brought to America?
- Tobacco
- How did the colonists without money get to own land and what were they called?
- They worked for 7 years with little pay and then were given land.
- The workers who worked for land were called ___________.
- Indentured Servents
- When did the English King take away Jamestown from the Virginia Company?
- After Indians killed more than 340 colonists the King took control of the colony.
- Virginia became a _____________
- Royal Colony.
- Where did the Engish settle next after Jamestown?
- Further north in what now Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620
- Did a group of businessmen and adventurers begin the new colony there?
- Yes, but there werealso some religious people in the first group who wanted to get away from Europe.
- These religious people were called ______________________ and ____________________.
- Separatistis and Pilgims
- The religious people were called that because __________
- their religious beliefs were different from the Church of England. Everyone living in England had to belong to the Church of England.
- What is the name of the famous ship that brought these people to America?
- The Mayflower
- What was the Mayflower Compact?
- It was a written agreement that the newcomers signed that described the rules and laws that they would all follow.
- The Mayflower Compact was ______________________
- the first example of the colonists governing themselves without the King telling them what laws to follow.
- The first colonists in Plymouth almost died the first year. They arrived too late in the year to plant crops. How did they survive?
- Local Indians led by Samoset and Squanto stayed with the colonists and showed them where to find food, fish and how to plant.
- Were the colonists allowed to take ownership of land the same way that happened in Jamestown?
- Yes. When the colonists were allowed to have their own land they worked even harder to be successful.
- Who was the main leader of the Plymouth colonists and who guided them to success in the early months?
- William Bradford