European

Settlement in

North America

1. What was Francis Drake’s idea about sharing in the wealth of the new world?He stole from the Spanish who had stolen from the Aztecs.2. Why was he a hero in England?

1.) He brought back $9 million in gold to England2.) 1st Englishmen to travel around the world by ship

3. Do you think he was a robber or was he simply taking what had already been stolen from the Indians?

1. _____________________ a friend of the queen of England received permission to send ____ (a number) colonists with food and supplies to _________________ which was off the coast of ________________ (a state)

Sir Walter Raleigh

100

Roanoake Island North

Carolina2. It was the year _____. Things went badly because they did not _____. They went back to _________ with _______.

1585 work

England

Drake

3. Another group came. They build a ______ and ______________. The first English child was born. Her name was _______________.

fortplanted crops Virginia Dare

4. After 3 years they could not be found. However, a message was left. The word __________ was written on the fort’s doorpost.

Croatoan

jamestown1. It became too expensive for one individual to start a colony, so a group of m__________ or businessmen formed a ______ ______ __________. Every member would s_____ in the profits and expenses. The company was called the ________ __________ of _________.

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nyhare Virgini

aCompany

London

2. ____ (a number) men and boys went to ___________ on three ships called the __________, _________________, and ___________.

120Jamestown Godspee

dSusan Constant

Discovery

3. In exchange for their trip, they were to send back ____, ________, ______ and maybe find _____________.4. The trip took _ months, but __ died on the way. In the year _____, they arrived in today’s state of _________, on the ______ River. It was now the month of ______.

furs lumbercropsgold &

silver4 151607Virgini

aJamesApril

5. The land was l___, s________ and filled with m_________. Many did not want to ______. Instead they searched for _____ and stole ______ from the ________. The Indians fought the colonists6. At Christmas only ___ were alive. What saved them? (2 reasons)

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1.) Ship with supplies & more colonists came.2. John Smith became their leader.7. A great leader of Jamestown was

____________. He once was captured by the __________ _________ but was saved by ___________. He told everyone that if they did not ______ they would not ______.

John SmithPowhattan

IndiansPocahontaswor

keat

8. Things went well until 1609. What happened? (2 reasons)1. ) John Smith was

burned & left2.) Not enough supplies

9. In 1610, the colony was saved because _________________________________________________.

a ship came with food, supplies and 300 people10. Three years later, a colonist named ___________ planted ________ everywhere. It was sold in ________ as a cash crop.

John Rolfetobac

coEngland

11. What 2 important decisions of the London Virginia Company helped the colony grow?a. If a colonist paid their own

way- they received 50 acres when they arrived.

b.They gave 50 acres to old settlers who lived there 7 years (including indentured servants)

12. What 3 important events happened in 1619?1.) 90 women came

2.) slaves from Africa were brought and sold to be field workers3. House of Burgesses was set up allowing the colonists to self-govern the colony (make their own laws)

Pilgrims1. In England, everyone was supposed to belong to the _____________________. If you didn’t you were thrown into _____.2. Some people called ____________ had a different belief. Because they didn’t want to go to _____, they moved to the _____________. They wanted religious __________.

Church of Englandjail

Separatists

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Netherlandsfreedo

m

3. At first everything went OK, but later the Separatists worried about two things.a. Children were becoming

less religiousb.Children were becoming

more Dutch than English4. They decided to move to _______ __________. To do this they got permission from the __________ ___________ of ________ and received money from ________ merchants. In return, the Separatists would pay them back by sending _________________.

North

AmericaVirginia

Company

LondonEnglish

furs, fish, lumber

5. In the month of ___________ and the year _____, ____ (a number) people left for America on the _________________________________6. The Separatists now called themselves __________, which means a person who makes a trip for _________ reasons.7. When the Pilgrims arrived in November, they drew up an agreement called the _____________________. What was the agreement?

September

162010

2

Pilgrims

religious

Mayflower Compact1.) Just and equal laws

2.) Established self government of the colony

Speedwell and the Mayflower

8. The Pilgrims went ashore in __________. Today this place is called ___________, ______. It is located near __________ ______9. The first winter was hard and ___ people died from __________________ and diseases such as scurvy and smallpox.

Dec. 1620Plymouth

Mass.

Cape Cod

Mass.51

lack of food, cold

10. In the spring the settlers made friends with an Indian called S_______. He brought S________ who showed the Pilgrims _______________________________ ___________________________________________.

amosetquant

ohow to plant corn and how to fertilize using dead fish and

scraps of food11. In _________ (month) 1621, the Indians and Pilgrims celebrated ________________.

OctoberThanksgiving

French Exploration1. ________ was a French explorer who failed to find a northwest passage.2. ____________ was a French explorer who explored the lakes around Michigan. He also started the first permanent settlement in Quebec which is in _____ _______ or present day ________. He was given the title ______________________.

Cartier

Champlain

NewFrance

CanadaFather of New France

3. The French did not get along with the Indians.True of False

4. The French learned the Indian _________ and we interested in f____.

5. ___________, a French missionary and ________, a fur trapper, wanted to find the _________________. Instead they paddled down the ____________ River as far as the __________ River.

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sMarquetteJoliette

N. West PassageArkansas

Mississippi

6. _________, another French explorer went down the same river as far as the ___________________. He claimed the area for ________. It was called ____________. 7. The French now

claimed a large territory from the G____ __ ________ to as far north as ________.

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ulf

of

MexicoCanada

Dutch Exploration1. The Netherlands hired an English sailor named ________________ to find a route to ______ called the __________________.2. He first explored the _______ Bay. Sailing north he found the ________ River.

3. The Dutch called this area ________________. Today this is located around ________ _________.

Henry HudsonAsia N. West Passage

HudsonHudson

New NetherlandsAlbany New York

4. The Dutch also bought ___________ ______ from the Indians.

5. The Dutch allowed ________ freedom on their land.

Manhattan

Island

religious

Jamestown Country the settlers came from

Where they settled and when

How money was raised to start the colony

Who the colonists were

Why they came to America

Natural environment

The first thing the colonists built and why

What they built next

England1607Jamestown, Virginia on the James

River

London Merchants Va. Company of London

120 men and boys came on Discovery, Susan Constant, Godspeed

Adventure, land, gold

River, peninsula, bay, lowlands, swamps, mosquitoes

A fort- for defense

Houses- of poles and tree bark

Important leader

Economic system

Government

Special Problems

Jamestown Captain John Smith

Farming, cash crops (tobacco) for export to England

Governor, House of Burgesses

Sickness, lack of food, unfriendly Indians, laziness, quarreling poor soil

PlymouthCountry the settlers came fromWhere they settled and when

How money was raised to start the colonyWho the colonists were

Why they came to AmericaNatural Environment

England & Netherlands

Plymouth, near Cape Cod Mass. 1620

English Merchants Va. Co. of London

Families, 102 Pilgrims came on Mayflower

Religious freedom

Forests, hills, brooks, harbor, very cold winters

The first thing the colonists built and why

What they built next

Important leader

Economic system

Government

Special problems

Plymouth-A fort on a hill for defense

-Indians were friendly- some weren’t

Houses- walls of boards- roofs of thatch

William Bradford- served 36 years

Farming (crops), fishing (fish), hunting (furs), lumber (wood). Sent to England

Mayflower Compact and Governor

Disease, Cold, Hunger, Indian Attack

New France

Quebec

New France

New YorkMassachusetts

Plymouth

Pennsylvania

North CarolinaRoanoke

Virginia

Chesapeake Bay

Jamestown

Maryland