sis test 2 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Northwest Passage
An imaginary Passage through North America to Asia.
Profit
The money that is left over after the money has been paid.
Giovanni da Verrazano
Sailed for France and explored the coast of Canada and the U.S.
John Cabot
Sailed for France and explored the coast of Canada and the U.S.
Henery Hudson
Sailed for the Duch and explored the area of the Hudson river and New York.
Jacques Cartier
Sailed for the France and explored the saint Laurence river.
Samuel de Champlain
Followed the same path as Cartier, and was a French explorer.
New France
A french colony that was slowly growing.
Who where France’s friends in the Colonies.
The Native Americans
Portage
when land rought to one body of water to another.
Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
He Explored the great lakes area in Green Bay and then went to the Mississippi river next to cross over to Chicago.
Virginia
The first English colony in America.
Charter
A rouse to settle lands claimed by there ruler.
Roanoke
The first attempt at an English colony that lasted only one year. There was a second attempt at this place but it disappeared after John White went back to England for more Supplies. “Croatoan” carved into a tree.
Jamestown
The first permanent colony in America in 1607.
Stock
Shares of ownership in a country.
Pocahontas
Married John Rolfe and she helped keep peace between the Native Americans and colonists. After her death, the colonist and Native Americans often fought over land.
House of Burgeses
one of the first representative bodies in the colony
Captain John Smith
Help save the Jamestown colony when the people were ready to give up.
John Rolfe
harvest the first tobacco crop in 1614
cash crop
a crop sold for money
Indentured servant
someone who works for another person for 5-7 years in exchange for land, freedom, or passage to America
Cape Cod
The pilgrims landed here in 1620, 15 years after Jamestown
Mayflower Compact
it is a set of laws that the Pilgrims all agreed to live on
