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Europeans come to America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did explorers come looking for in America during the 1500's and 1600's? | 1. Riches and new lands 2. Shorter trade routes to Asia 3. Religious Freedom |
| The Europeans were looking for shorter trade routes to where? | Asia |
| Where did Samuel DeChamplain sail from? | France |
| Where did Samuel DeChamplain land? | Canada |
| What did Samuel DeChamplain call the land he claimed? | New France |
| Who was the first European to see the Ohio River Valley? | Renee LaSalle |
| What year did Renee LaSalle see the Ohio River Valley? | 1669 |
| What year did LaSalle make it to the Gulf of Mexico? | 1682 |
| What did LaSalle call the land he claimed? | Louisianna |
| Who did LaSalle name the land he claimed after? | France's King Louis the 14th |
| What did the Houdenosaune and Algonquian Tribes get to trade the French? | animals and furs to trade |
| What items were the French looking for when they traded with the Indians? | Furs from beavers, foxes, otters and other animals |
| What did the Native Americans want from the French when they traded> | Iron Axes, knives, fish hooks, wool blankets, guns |
| Where did they meet to trade? | Both groups met at trading posts to barter. |
| What years did the French Start exploring America? | 1500's |
| What year did Champlain explore Canada? | 1609 |
| What years did LaSalle eplore from Ohio all the way to Louisianna? | 1669 - 1682 |
| When did the French begin trading with the Indians? | 1700 |
| Who formed the Ohio Company? | The British |
| What did the British try to do with the Ohio Company? | get in on trading with the Indians |
| What year was the Ohio Company formed in? | 1749 |
| Who made the survey report for the British? | Christopher Gist |
| What is a survey? | it is a report that sets the boundaries of land |
| What is a primary source | a document that comes from the actual person |
| What primary source still remains from Gist? | His journal |
| What was the French and Indian war fought over? | Britain and France both wanted control of Ohio and the fur trade. |
| Who ordered the British to leave Ohio? | deBlainville |
| How did the British respond to deBlainville's order to leave? | They stayed and sent General George Washington to order the French to leave. |
| What happend to Washington and his soldiers when they first fought the French? | The larger French army and Indian partners defeated Washington. |
| What happened after Washington's Defeat? | The British sent a stronger army |
| When did the war start? | 1754 |
| Why did the Indian's join France's side? | 1. Thought France was stronger and would win 2. Didn't want to lose fur trade with France 3. Thought Britain would force them to leave the area |
| What happened early in the war? | The French and Indians had many victories early. |
| How did Britain start to wine the war?s | Got more soldiers and took control of French Forts |
| When did the war end? | 1763 |
| Who won the war? | British |
| How many years did it take to win the war? | 9 years |
| What was signed to end the war? | Treaty of Paris |
| What did the French give up in the Treaty of Paris? | Gave up land east of the Mississippi River, which left them with not much land in America |
| What Island were the French left with after the Treaty of Paris | Haiti |
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