European Expansion to North America

Flashcards covering key concepts and figures related to European expansion into North America and the interactions with Native Americans.

Jacques Cartier

French explorer who reached the St. Lawrence River and claimed Eastern Canada for France in 1535.

Samuel de Champlain

Known as the 'Father of New France', he established Quebec, the first permanent French colony in North America, in 1608.

Sieur de La Salle

French explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi watershed in the name of France in 1682.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in Virginia in 1607.

Treaty of Paris 1763

The agreement that ended the Seven Years' War and gave British dominance in North America.

Hudson Bay

An area claimed by Henry Hudson for the English in Canada in 1510.

New Netherlands

The Dutch colony that included parts of modern-day New York, established after Henry Hudson claimed the Hudson River.

Fur Trade

An economic focus of both the French and Dutch colonizers, involving the trade of animal pelts.

Seven Years’ War

The global conflict that included the French and Indian War, fought between Britain and France from 1756 to 1763.

Indigenous peoples

The original inhabitants of North America who interacted differently with various European colonizers.

Jacques marquette and Louis Joliet

First Europeans to travel the Mississippi river in 1673

King Louis XIV

Who supplied Lasalle with ships and colonists in 1682

Sir Walter Raleigh

What english sailor helped establish Roanoke which was England’s first attempt in America leads to failure in 1585

Quebec and Montreal

What provinces did the french settle in

John Smith

Who was one of the 105 settlers who sailed from England on December 19, 1606, and landed in Virginia on April 26, 1607

70%

What was the death rate in Jamestown

Gold and tobacco

What was they main reason for taking over

1.3 million

How many english colonists were there by 1750

Henry Hudson

Who was searching Northwest Passage

Dutch and france

Who formed alliances with Native Americans

Spain

What country did France make a deal with to prevent The British from taking over the Mississippi