European Nations in America

Question 1

When did the French begin to explore North America?

Answer 1

Early 1500s

Question 2

Who discovered St. Lawrence River (Montreal)?

Answer 2

Jacques Cartier

Question 3

Who founded the first permanent French settlement, known as “New France”?

Answer 3

Samuel De Champlain (1608)

Question 4

Where was the main trade center for the French?

Answer 4

Beaver fur

Question 5

Who explored from the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way to French occupation of Louisiana?

Answer 5

Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle (1682)

Question 6

Where were production centers for tobacco and sugar?

Answer 6

The West Indies

Question 7

What was the first British permanent settlement?

Answer 7

Jamestown (Virginia)

Question 8

What did the first British colony struggle with at first?

Answer 8

Diseases and war with Native people

but recovered due to production of tobacco to Europe

Question 9

Which two groups founded colonies in North America due to repression by the Anglican Church in England?

Answer 9

Pilgrims (colony in Plymouth)

Puritans (colony in Massachusetts)

Question 10

What did religious disputes in Massachusetts among the Puritans lead to?

Answer 10

Dispersion of settlers into new communities in providence, Connecticut, Rhode island and New Haven