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2nd AH Test

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NW Passage Northern route around or through North America to Asia
Verrazano (1523-1524) looked for NW Passage for FR; claimed land in America for FR (explored Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to NC)
Jacques Cartier Made 3 voyages to AM for FR (1535, 1537,1541)-look for NW passage; discovered/mapped St. Lawrence river; tried and failed to start colony
France No attempts to colonize North Am. for 60 years after Cartier - religious fighting at home
Fur trade Early 1600's FR renewed interest in North Am
Samuel de Champlain Helped start FR colony in present day Nova Scotia in 1605; founded Quebec in 1608 - capital of New France
Robert de la Salle 1682- followed MS river to Gulf of Mexico; claimed land for France - Louisiana - after King Louis XIV; spread FR land claims South
John Cabot 1497 - first English explorer across Atlantic Ocean; looked for NW passage; gave England claims to Atlantic Coast
Enclosure Movement Kicked farmers off land to focus on wool; many came to Am
Joint stock companies Business combination; pool $ together for projects like starting new colonies
Sir Martin Frobisher Looks for NW passage (1576 and 1578) - no success but Eng back in Am after nearly 80 years
Sea dogs English privateers authorized by Queen Elizabeth to raid SP ships/settlements in Am
Sir Francis Drake Most famous English sea dog; 1st Capt to sail around the world (1577-1580)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Tried twice to start colonies for England in North America from 1578-1581 (help their naval operations against Spain); not successful, dies at sea
Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert's brother; wanted to finish what he started; claimed Virginia for Queen Elizabeth; tried twice to start colony at Roanoke in 1585 and 1587 - not successful- "Lost Colony"
VA company Sent Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery to Jamestown, Virginia in Dec. 1606
Charter Certificate of permission
Early problems at Jamestown Location, townspeople in wilderness environment, not willing to work hard, poor leadership
John Smith Early Jamestown leader; developed trade with local Native Americans (Powhatan Confederacy)
Thomas West (Lord de la Warr) Strict governor of Jamestown
Starving time Winter of 1609-1610 at Jamestown
Thomas Dale Code of conduct to provide discipline at Jamestown
John Rolfe Helped make tobacco main crop of Virginia
Headright system Introduced to get more settlers to come to Virginia
King James I Made Virginia a royal colony in 1624
Pilgrims Separatists
William Bradford Governor of Plymouth colony; wrote history of the colony
Mayflower compact Written by pilgrims in 1620 because landing in an area without permission and no government nearby (2nd step toward self-government in America after House of Burgesses)
Squanto Helped pilgrims
Dutch 1st people to settle present day NY
Henry Hudson Hired hy Dutch to find NW passage; claimed land for Dutch near NY - Dutch start colony of New Netherland - $ off fur trade
New Amsterdam Main port city for Dutch (present day Manhattan island)
Henry VIII Started Anglican church
Puritans Want to purify church of Catholic elements
James I Doesn't like Puritans challenging authority (some to Am)
Joliet and Marquette Headed south from great lakes in 1673 and explored MS River as far south as Arkansas; spread FR land claims S
John Calvin Believed neither kings nor bishops should control the church, but the congregation should
Dutch east India company Hired Henry Hudson to find Nw passage
New Netherland Dutch started fur trading posts here in 1614
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