Colonization Test

where was new france

great lakes, mississippi river valley, eastern canada

true or false: Mississippi is small and has a lot of settlers

false

what is the main activity of new france

fur trade

What was the first English colony that disappeared and when did it disappear

Roanoke, 1603

What was the first successful English colony and when was it established

jamestown, 1607

what were the early years in Jamestown like

difficult, many die due to focusing on getting rich instead of farming

how was Jamestown saved?

by tobacco

who explored waterways for dutch and founded new Netherland and when did they do it

henry Hudson, 1609

what is new Netherland now on the map

albany and new york city

what do the Dutch focus on

fur trade, they welcome settlers from other lands

who were pilgrims and when did they found plymouth

a religious group who were persecuted for religion, 1620

who were puritans and where did they settle

group seeking religious freedom, they settled in massachusetts

how did the Massachusetts colony grow

into Connecticut and Rhode island

true or false: french and Dutch fur traders get along well with native americans

true

who was metacom and when did he do what he did

a native American ruler who launched an attack on colonists (English) in 1675

who won the king Phillips war

native Americans were defeated in the northeast

what was the great swamp massacre

colonists from mass and Connecticut snuck into rhode island to fight natives, which is what ended the King Philips war

What was unintentionally “splitting” the English colonies

new netherlands

When and what did the English do to the dutch/new netherlands

in 1664, the English forced the Dutch to surrender and took over new Amsterdam, which the Duke of York renamed “New York and New York City”

When and what was the french and indian war

started in 1754, a war of England against France and the natives, started because of a dispute over the ohio river valley

How did the french and Indian war/seven years war end

france loses to britain in 1763 and gives up its American colonies

how many enslaved people were imported to America 

9.6 million

What was transferred from new world to europe

raw materials/natural resources. ex. sugar, tobacco

what was transferred from Europe to Africa 

finished goods (manufactured goods). ex. guns, liquor

What was transferred from africa to new world

enslaved Africans and gold

true or false: Africans sometimes sent their own people to be slaves

true

what was the middle pasage

considered the point in the enslaved people’s lives that would change from the first half of their life to the rest in slavery, as many as 20 percent of Africans die on these journeys

What was the columbian exchange

the transfer of food, plants, animals, and people

what took hold in america

new animals and plants introduced by europeans

what ended up killing millions of native americans

european diseases

what was mercantilism

new economic policy that emphasizes national wealth as source of power, gold+silver=$=power

what was favorable balance of trade

when nation sells more goods than it buys

how did mercantilism work

colonies provide raw materials that home country uses to make goods, which are sent back there and other places for money