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Ch. 7 Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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What did the Spanish hope that a settlement would prevent the French and English from doing? | Stop them from gaining more land from North America. |
What was Pedro's mission? (3 things) | Find French, defeat French, and take their land. |
Settlers soon learned that New Mexico was not rich in _______ and it was too _____ and ______ for many kinds of farming. | minerals, dry and hot |
However the open grasslands were good for _______________. | Sheep/cow/ranching |
What is the El Camino Real? | The royal road from Mexico to Santa Fe. |
Describe the causes and the outcome of the Pueblo Revolt. | Causes: Take over land, slavery, forcefully converted Outcomes: After violent battle, Spanish was driven out. |
What were the meaning of the red and the white crosses? | White means peace and red means war. |
What did trade posts offer to the Native Americans? | They could trade goods with the French. |
How could Marquette tell that the Mississippi River was not the Northwest Passage? | It flowed south |
Robert La Salle named all of the Mississippi River ________ and the river's __________ for King Louis XIV and named it Louisiana. | Valley and tributaries. |
How was New Orleans's location helpful to the economic growth of New France? | You could import and export goods |
What caused King Phillip's War? | England was moving on Indian land |
What event helped the English settlers win King Phillip's War? | Metecom |
How did the backcountry of the Appalachians differ from the Ohio River Valley? | The Appalachians had rocky soil and Ohio had fertile. |
Did the French expect to battle over claims on the Ohio River Valley? What makes you think so? | Yes, because they built forts. |
Why did Washington bring soldiers to the Ohio River Valley in March of 1754? | To build forts for France to leave |
Why were the British trying to capture Fort Duquesne? | Because that's where the rivers meet and it would be easy to capture them. |
Why did it look like Britain would lose the war? | They didn't have any allies. |
What series of events helped Great Britain win the war? | More soldiers, Native American allies capturing Quebec. |
Pontiac's Rebellion was where Native Americans were attacking the Britain's because they wanted their _____ back. King George III created the _________ where colonists were no longer allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains. | Land; The Proclamation of 1763 |
The king hoped that Pontiac's Rebellion would prevent future ________. | Attacks |