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1
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which country wanted to find a water passage to the Far East

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France

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2
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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

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discovered the Grand Canyon; Spain; 1540

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what year did Columbus found America and what ships did he take?

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1492; Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta

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4
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  • Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico
  • hunted small animals and ate wild plants
  • adobe houses
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Southwest

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Sir Francis Drake

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the most famous sea dog; England; 1577

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Hernando de Soto

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discovered the MS River; Spain; 1539

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the first legalized enslavement occurred in ____ in ___________

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1641; Massachusetts

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8
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King Phillip II sent how many ships in his invincible amada

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150

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What did the year 1619 mark the beginning of which tradition in America?

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republican tradition

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10
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when was slavery recognized as legal in Virginia?

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1661

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what were the English’s motives for finding colonies?

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political, personal gain, religion, economic

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John Cabot

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laid claim to the Atlantic Coast for England; England; 1497/1498

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Sir Walter Raleigh organized many expeditions to ___________. His first attempt in _____ failed due to ________, ___________, and ______. He tried a second time in ________.

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Roanoke Island; 1585; famine, poor leadership skills, Indian attacks; 1587

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what were the two reasons for the tension between England and Spain?

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religion and because of Drake

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some reasons for exploration (of the New World)

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  • spices
  • silk
  • porcelain
  • profit
  • gems
  • precious metals
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16
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carved from large trees and depicted local legends and important events

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totem poles

17
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in England, ___ had most of the land

18
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the House of Burgesses were chosen and gathered to pass ____ for the good of the people

19
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another word for vikings

20
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  • lived in the East
  • hunting, fishing, planting
  • permanent villages
21
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  • Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains
  • hunted buffalo
  • were nomadic, used horses and tepees
22
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  • between the Rocky Mountain and the mountains farther west
  • hunting buffalo, gathered wild nuts and berries
  • tepees or brush shelters
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Great Basin and plateau

23
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Sir Walter Raleigh

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organized expeditions off the coast of North Carolina (Roanoke Island) and started the lost colony; England; 1587

24
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what was Samuel de Champlain called?

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Father of New French

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what diseases did the Europeans bring to America?
Measles and smallpox
26
Jacques Cartier
discovered the St. Lawrence River; France; 1534
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What did the Europeans bring to America?
horses and cattle
28
how did the conquistadors mistreat the Indians?
they plundered their wealth, enslaved and killed them
29
Leif Ericson
founded Vinland and journeyed through America; around A.D. 1000
30
what did the Indians think the European's ships were?
floating islands
31
Robert de La Salle
claimed the MS River; France; 1679-82
32
what unfamiliar plants did Europeans take home from America?
maize and potato
33
in what year was Jamestown established?
May of 1607
34
when the europeans came to America, what did the Indians believe they were?
great spirits
35
the Virginia company created the ______
House of Burgesses
36
Juan Ponce de León
first European to see America and explore Florida; Spain; 1513
37
in the mid ____ only what two groups were allowed to settle in French colonies?
1600s; Roman Catholics and Huguenots
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Samuel de Champlain
explored the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes Region and founded Quebec; France; 1603
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- Pacific Northwest - used water for food - permanent villages, in cedar homes
west coast

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