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Spanish French and Dutch Colonies - Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The people profited from fishing, trapping and trading | New France (French) |
| Africans were brought to the colony as slaves to replace Native Americans | New Spain (Spanish) |
| Welcomed people of many nations and religious to colony - much diversity | New Netherlands (Dutch) |
| Native Americans ( and eventually Africans) were the lowest class in the colonies - treated as a conquered people and kept in poverty. | New Spain (Spanish |
| Bartolome de las Casas asked for laws prohabiting the enslavement of Native Americans. | New Spain ( Spanish) |
| Missionaries traveled with fur traders and Native Americans | New France (French) |
| The viceroys enforced the Laws of the Indies - a code of laws that started how the colonies should be organized. | New Spain (Spanish) |
| This colony competed with the French in the fur trade | New Netherlands (Dutch) |
| New Amsterdam was a busy port on the mouth of the Hudson River. | New Netherlands (Dutch) |
| Thousands of Native Americans died from overwork in mines and on plantations as a result of enslavement as well as exposure to new diseases | New Spain (Spanish) |
| The "coureurs de bois" (runners of the woods) traded furs with the Algonquians | New France (French) |
| This colony used teh patroom system to encourge settlement | New Netherlands (Dutch) |
| Many settelements were built along the St. Lawrence River includng Quebec | New France (French) |
| Encomiendas gave settlers of this region the right to make demands on the Native Americans | New Spain (Spanish) |
| These colonies were spread out throughout parts of Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America | New Spain (Spanish) |