History Flashcards - colonization of North America

History

French, fish

___ ships started sailing across for ___ in the 1500’s

New France

Growth of ______.

(Within 200 years, this place claimed nearly half of North America)

Jacques Cartier

A 16th century French explorer, navigator and mariner.

Jesuits

A Roman Catholic order of priests (?)

Quebec

In 1608, ____ was established by Samuel de Champlain

(harsh winters did not attract farmers)

Trapping, trading

Most people pursued fur ___ and _____.

(Very lucrative, also lots of fishing)

Louis XIV

______ set out to strengthen power and boost revenues.

(appointed new officials in New France)

women

Sent soldiers and ___ to New France

non-Catholics

Prohibited by non-______.

Louisiana

By the 1700s, forts and trading posts stretched from Quebec to _____.

John Cabot

Italian explorer

English

An Italian who commanded a(n) ____ expedition.

Newfoundland

Claimed _______ for the British.

• Looked for the Northwest Passage → Purpose for the expedition

• England started to settle in the 1600s

Permanent

[Jamestown was the] First ____ English settlement.

Virginia

Where Jamestown was located.

• Also, they almost didn't survive → Indians and diseases, along with winter killing crops (resorted to cannibalism, with the punishment of death)

• Had the help of the natives

Pilgrims

[Plymouth was] Settled by the ______.

• Religious extremists, separatists

Massachusuetts

Where Plymouth was located

• Survived with the help of the natives

Mayflower Compact

Wrote the _____.

• It is the first written governing document for the British

Puritans

Grew when the ____ migrated

Pennsylvania

Quakers

Maryland

Catholics

Sections

Three distinct ___ would emerge

• New England /→North

• Middle

• Southern

Slavery

_____ would become a staple of Southern economies

• Natives would die due to diseases

“Cash”

Grew ____ crops.

Monarch

English _____ attempts to assert control.

• Royal governors

• Regulated trade

This was after a period of salutary neglect

“No Taxation without Representation”

A political slogan from the American Revolution

• Saw themselves as “Freeborn Englishmen”

France-

[owns these] Canada, the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys

• Competition in the Caribbean

Spain-

[Owns these] Florida, American Southwest

• Competition in the Caribbean

Dutch-

[owns this] New Amsterdam

• Competition in the Caribbean

Sugar

____ colonies.

• Where large agricultural plantations were dedicated to growing and processing sugarcane

Ohio River

Would clash over the _____ Valley.

• Natives sided with the French

• Seen as the “First World War”

France

____ loses.

• The British had more people

• Growh of British power

Paris

Treaty of ____.

• Granted the Ohio River Valley to Britain

• Would tip the dominoes to lead the revolution → Financial incentive