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

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5
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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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9
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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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13
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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

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law

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

A

laws

19
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another word for vikings

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Norseman

20
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  • lived in the East
  • hunting, fishing, planting
  • permanent villages
A

woodlands

21
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  • Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains
  • hunted buffalo
  • were nomadic, used horses and tepees
A

plains

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

25
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what diseases did the Europeans bring to America?

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Measles and smallpox

26
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Jacques Cartier

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discovered the St. Lawrence River; France; 1534

27
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What did the Europeans bring to America?

A

horses and cattle

28
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how did the conquistadors mistreat the Indians?

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they plundered their wealth, enslaved and killed them

29
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Leif Ericson

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founded Vinland and journeyed through America; around A.D. 1000

30
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what did the Indians think the European’s ships were?

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floating islands

31
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Robert de La Salle

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claimed the MS River; France; 1679-82

32
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what unfamiliar plants did Europeans take home from America?

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maize and potato

33
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in what year was Jamestown established?

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May of 1607

34
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when the europeans came to America, what did the Indians believe they were?

A

great spirits

35
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the Virginia company created the ______

A

House of Burgesses

36
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Juan Ponce de León

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first European to see America and explore Florida; Spain; 1513

37
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in the mid ____ only what two groups were allowed to settle in French colonies?

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1600s; Roman Catholics and Huguenots

38
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Samuel de Champlain

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explored the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes Region and founded Quebec; France; 1603

39
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  • Pacific Northwest
  • used water for food
  • permanent villages, in cedar homes
A

west coast

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