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1
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Who became King of England in 1603?

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King James I

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2
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What did King James end?

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royal support for legalized piracy

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3
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What did England want in America?

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A bigger role in finding minerals and passages to the ¨Other Seas¨

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4
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Why did Europeans want to find ¨öther seas¨?

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To find a route to China

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Jamestown

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Men from the Virginia Company arrived in North America and made this colony (1607)

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Jamestown government

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Appointed a council of 6 to govern and elected their own president

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7
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Jamestown disadvanntages:

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Bad water supply, Indians reluctant to share food, shortage of food in winter

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8
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Where did Jamestown contract diseases from?

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water supply

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9
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Did the Jamestown council get along?

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no

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10
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How many colonists from Jamestown were still alive?

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35 out of 105

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11
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What tribe attacked Jamestown?

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The Paspahegh Tribe

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12
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Who helped save Jamestown?

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John Smith

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13
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What tribe did Smith befriend?

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the Powhatan

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14
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What did Smith order for the Powhatan to do?

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Help Jamestown?

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15
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What did Smith order for Jamestown to do?

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Start working on farms

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16
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How did the Powhatan treat Jamestown after Smith left?

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The Powhatan left Jamestown, and the English started attacking the Indians

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17
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What happened to Jamestown?

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Abandoned

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18
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Who rebuilt Jamestown

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Lord de la Warr with 400 men

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19
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What did tobacco do?

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Helped people make money and create a monopoly

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20
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What colony had perfect climate to grow tobacco?

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Virginia

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21
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What other land was good for tobacco?

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Indian land

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22
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In the 1600s, what country was overpopulated?

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England

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23
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Who sent Protestant extremists across to the AMericas?

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King James I

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24
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What were these Protestants known as?

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Puritans

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25
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What did Puritans want?

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Extreme changes, like individual people having their own ideas about the Bible

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26
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Who were the Separatists

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Also known as Pilgrims, thought church was corrupt, always in trouble with the authorities

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27
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What did the Pilgrims found?

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2nd permanent colony, Plymouth

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28
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How did Pilgrims get to Plymouth

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Mayflower, took 2 months

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29
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Mayflower Compact

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Made by Pilgrims, was future generations beginning government by the consent of people

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30
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Where is Plymouth located today?

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Provincetown, Massachusetts

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31
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How did half the colony die?

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Disease, cold, and malnutrition

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32
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How did Indians come to live in Plymouth

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An Indian translator named Squanto helped

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33
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What did Indians and Pilgrims agree on

A

Peace for years

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34
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In Massachusetts, who could vote?

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Only those who showed true religious conversion , made people angry

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35
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Halfway Covenant

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Church adopted this in 1662, allowing kids to be baptized

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36
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What type of colony was Maryland

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Proprietary

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37
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What does Proprietary mean

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land owned by one person but may allow other on their land

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38
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Who was the Proprietor of Maryland?

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George Calvert

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39
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What religion was George Calvert devoted to?

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Catholic

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40
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Whe George died, who took his place

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Cecil Calvert, his son

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41
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What did Cecil Calvert do to the colony

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Developed it and granted freedom of worship to all Christians including Protestants

42
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What did Proprietors do for European settlers on their land?

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give very European settler 100 acres of land and an extra 100 for every adult, and 50 for every child (the headright system)

43
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WHat and why did this come into Maryland in 1661

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Slavery came in to help grow tobacco

44
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What two colonies were united in 1662

A

New Haven and Connecticut

45
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What colony was separate under a royal governor in 1691

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New Hampshire

46
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What colony also was also a proprietory colony

A

Pennsylvania

47
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Who was Pennsylvanias proprietor?

A

William Penn

48
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What religion was Penn

A

Quaker, worshiped God alot

49
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Who did Penn recieve his land grant from

A

King Charles II in 1681

50
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Who did Pnn recruite to make

A

18,000 settlers to make Philidelphia

51
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Who did Penn want peace with?

A

Indians

52
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What did Penn not outlaw until 1700s

A

Slavery, 1/6 of Philly population

53
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How was Carolina made a Colony

A

Kind Charles granted 8 of his followers land there

54
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What society did Carolina follow?

A

Hierarchial

55
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How was Carolina divided?

A

Poor white farmers in the north, rich in the south

56
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Who created Georgia in 1773

A

James Oglethorpe

57
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Why was Georgia created?

A

So the poorest of the poor could find new lives

58
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Who created the first economic foundation for the colonies

A

John Rolfe, traded food for 20 African slaves to expand his tobacco farm

59
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Where did the first generation African slaves work

A

Side b side with captured Indians and English and Irish servants

60
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Indentured servants

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Worked as well to pay off their travel to America

61
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Anthony Johnson

A

Slave who was able to farm independently, and gained freedom to own a 250 acre farm

62
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What percent of Africans were free in Virginia in 1668

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30%

63
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What was King Charles known for

A

religious sincerity and lack of political skill

64
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During King Charles reign, who controlled most of the Parliament?

A

Puritains

65
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What did King Charles do that started a rebellion

A

Dismissed the Parliament

65
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What did King Charles do that started a rebellion

A

Dismissed the Parliament

66
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In 1642, what was England going through

A

a civil war

67
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What happened during the war

A

The Parliaments army won, having the king executed in 1649

68
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How did Pilgrims treat Indians

A

Horrible, killing two Indian leaders bc they were supposedly ¨coming back¨ to Plymouth

69
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Why was there tension between Pilgrims and Indians

A

Pilgrims wanted to convert Indians to religion

70
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What did the Massachusetts Bay Pilgrims do to Indians

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attacking a Pequot fortress, setting houses on fire, and attacking anyone who fled because one pilgrim was killed, being named the Pequot War (400 pequots killed)

71
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Nathaniel Bacon

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Led a rebellion, a militia attacked Indian villages and the royal governor before being defeated

72
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How many colonists did Virginia have by 1660

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40,000 colonists

73
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Who was Virginias governor

A

Sir William Berkeley

74
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How did Berekeley lead Virginia

A

Through aristocrat order

75
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What did aristocrat order create

A

tension between rich and poor whites

76
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What crops were not doing well in 1675

A

corn and tobacco

77
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What did Nathaniel Bacon do

A

organized a militia to attack the Indians because they feared unity

78
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Why did Bacon go to jail

A

Berkeley didnt agree with him

79
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What did Bacon do when released from jail

A

set Jamestown on fire, but wasn’t successful with 1,000 English troops stopping it

80
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Why did Bacons actions make landowners scared

A

their indentured servants may rebel on them

81
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Why did Bacons actions make landowners scared

A

their indentured servants may rebel on them

82
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What trade emerged in the 1500s

A

Trade between Native Americans and Europeans

83
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Why did the European/ Native American trade occur

A

to compete with the cod that had been the only North American resource of interest

84
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What other source of trade was big in Europe

A

Beaver

85
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Samuel de Champlain

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began exploring the St. Lawrence River in 1603 and founded the city of Quebec in 16008 as a representative of his private fur company

86
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Who did Champlain join?

A

The Montagnais and the Hurons against the Iroquois

87
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Hoe did Champlain join the Indians help him

A

solidified an alliance that would be the foundation of Quebec’s trade

88
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What happened to Quebec after Champlain died

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Quebec stayed with their population of 300

89
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What did Louis XVI do to protect Quebec from Indian attacks

A

Sent 1,000 French soldiers

90
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Who did Governor Louis de Frontenac send to explore a legendary waterway (Mississippi)

A

Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette

91
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What happened when Marquette and Joliet went to the waterway

A

Welcomed by Illinois tribe and given food , helped produce an Illinois French alliance

92
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La Salle

A

had a goal to ally with the Illinois tribe and establish a permanent French presence throughout the Mississippi Valley

93
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what did La Salle claim possession of

A

Louisiana, he claimed more than 1/2 of North America

94
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How was wealth brought back to New France

A

French trappers and traders made relations with other Native American tribes

95
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What was Pierre dÍberville commissioned to do

A

scout the mouth of the Mississippi in 1698

96
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What did Pierre find

A

a trail connecting the Mississippi to Lake Pontchartrain

97
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Pueblo Revolt

A

Pueblo Indians of New Mexico led by Poṕe resulted in the greatest defeat of a European colony called the Pueblo Revolt, killed nearly all Spanish who lived there

98
Q

What did the survivors do

A

retreated to Mexico with Governor Antonio de Otermin

99
Q

Did Spanish regain control of New Mexico?

A

Yes, after 12 years

99
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Did Spanish regain control of New Mexico?

A

Yes, after 12 years