5th Grade Social Studies, Chapter 5
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Social Studies, Chapter 5
Jon Sams
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- buffer
- An area of land that serves as a barrier.
- borderlands
- The buffer north of New Spain from what today is California to Florida.
- presido
- A fort.
- permanent
- Long-lasting.
- scarce
- Not plentiful.
- haciendas
- Large estates.
- self-sufficient
- Self-supporting.
- missions
- Small religious communities.
- royal colony
- A colony where the king rather than business people rule.
- portage
- To carry a boat around a water fall and rapids or overland between rivers.
- tributaries
- Branch rivers.
- proprietary colony
- A colony owned and ruled by one person.
- charter
- A document giving a person or group of people official approval to take a certain action.
- cash crop
- A crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves.
- refuge
- Safe place.
- Puritans
- A group of religious settlers whom founded a British colony in North America.
- Fundamental Orders
- The first written system of government in North America.
- immigrants
- People who come to live in a country after leaving their home country.
- indigo
- A plant from which blue dye is made.
- debtors
- People who had been in prison for owing money.
- What was the first permanent European settlement in North America?
- St. Augustine
- How did conflicts over the fur trade change the way New France was ruled?
- The Huron, French trading partners,lost to the Iroquois, which destroyed the French fur trade. The king declared New France to be a Royal Colony in hopes of rebuilding the French empire in North America.
- What cash crop was important to the early southern colonies? Why?
- Tobacco. It was important because it generated hugh profits for the colony and helped it grow.
- What were the Fundamental Orders?
- The Fundamental Orders were the first written system of government in North America.
- What city grew from the Dutch capital of New Amsterdam?
- New York
- How did the horse change the Indian's way of life?
- They learned to tame them and use them for transportation, which helped them in hunting and in warfare.
- Why did Spain build presidios across the borderlands?
- To provide protection for settlers in the borderlands.
- Why did the Spanish government send missionaries to the borderlands?
- To bring the people of North America the Holy Catholic faith.
- What did Marquette and Joliet find on their expedition?
- The Mississippi River.
- What lands did La Salle claim?
- The entire Mississippi River valley including all its tributaries.