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SS Unit 2 Les 5 & 6
lessons 5-6 NW Passage and French Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Northwest Passage | a shortcut by water that Europeans wanted to find to link the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| John Cabot | Italian explorer who sailed for England to find NW Passage-found great fishing off coast of Newfoundland |
| Giovanni de Verrazano | sailed for France to find NW Passage but found Hudson River |
| merchant company | group of business people who share the costs of a trading voyage to make a profit |
| Henry Hudson | English sea captain hired by the Dutch East India Company to find the NW Passage |
| 70 miles wide | How wide Hudson believed North America was |
| Hudson Bay | where Hudson was traveling but thought he was traveling across North America |
| Jacques Cartier | Frenchman who claimed a peninsula near the St. Lawrence River for France- called it Canada |
| Samuel de Champlain | sent by the French after Cartier and made governor of New France- set up a fur-trading post in Quebec |
| allies | people who work together towards a common goal |
| Iroquois | group of Native Americans who fought against Champlain |
| voyageurs | fur trappers who received permits for trapping from the French leaders |
| Why was the growth of New France slow? | many non-Catholics settled in English colonies for more religious freedom |
| Brule | a young Frenchman who first explored four of the Great Lakes and lived among the Native Americans |
| Nicolet | French explorer who found Lake Michigan and lived among the Native Americans |
| English colonies | non-Catholics joined these because the King of France only allowed Catholics |