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European Exploration
8-1.2
Question | Answer |
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ecomienda | Spanish plantations set up in the New World which enslaved the Natives to work the crops |
New Spain | large areas in the New World including Central & South America and Florida |
New France | Territory in the New World including parts of Canada and land down the Mississippi River all the way to Louisiana |
New England | Land along the Atlantic (Eastern) coast of what is now called the USA |
conquistador | Spanish explorer/conqueror |
Columbus | Spanish conquistador who is given credit for "discovering" the New World |
Main way France made money in the New World | established good relations with the Natives and traded with them for fur |
main way England made money in the New World | cash crops such as tobacco |
San Miguel de Gualdape | Spanish attempt to settle SC in 1526, but failed due to lack of food and supplies |
Charlesfort | French attempt to settle SC in 1562, but failed due to lack of food and supplies |
San Felipe | Spanish attempt to settle SC in the 1580s, but failed due to a fierce Native attack |