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Northwest Passage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Spain, France, and England looking for? | The Northwest Passage, or water route to the Indies |
| What is the name of the company that Henry Hudson sailed for? | Dutch East India Company |
| Why did DEIC form? | Because only royalty could afford stuff, but they didn't need it |
| Who discovered that a body of water around Canada was FULL of fish? | John Cabot |
| What ship did Cabot sail in? | The "Matthew" |
| Who was Giovanni da Verrazzano? What did he do? | He was an person who found the Carolinas up to Canada and had New York Harbor named after him. |
| Who was Henry Hudson? | An English sailor who sailed in DEIC's "1/2 Moon" and found Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and inquired about the Northwest Passage. |
| What Native tribe lived in New York? | The Manahata |
| How did Henry Hudson describe the Hudson River? | "A great river of the mountains," |
| What did the Delaware do? | Stored up lots of food for winter |
| Where did Hudson try to go to find the Northwest Passage? | Up in Canada in the Arctic Circle |
| When did Hudson's crew mutiny? | 1611 |
| How did Hudson's crew mutiny? | They put Henry, his son, and seven loyal drew members in a tiny lifeboat in the Artic Circle, never to be seen again. |
| Where did France claim land? | Along St. Lawrence River |
| The Huron word for Canada | Kanata, meaning, "village" |
| What did France do in Canada? | Traded fur |
| Who was Sam de Champlain? | Founder of Quebec Trading Post along St. Lawrence River |
| What did Champlain do to Natives? | Was friendly with them and learned their language |
| How did France try to convert the Huron? | To Catholicism, peacefully. |
| What did the Huron ask France to do? | Battle the Iroquois with them |
| What were the qualifications for owning land in Canada according to France? | Can't actually own land, had to be Catholic to even go. |
| What was the bad thing about Canada for France? | The land was bad for farming |
| Who was in Canada for France? | Only 3,000 missionaries and fur traders. |
| What did Marquette and Jolliet discover? | The Mississippi, and that it wasn't the Northwest Passage |
| Portage | A land route from one body of water to the next |
| What did Europeans learn from their travels to America and Canada? | That Canada and America are things, and about all of the animals and Natives and plants that live there. |
| Charter | A piece of paper, signed by the king or queen, confirming that you could go and take land in the New Word. |
| Who does Queen Elizabeth give a charter to? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Where does Raleigh claim the land for his settlement? | North of Spanish Florida on Atlantic Coast |
| When did the first group settle in Roanoke? | 1585 |
| When did the second group settle in Roanoke? | 1587 |
| Who was John White? | Leader of the 1587 Roanoke group |
| What did White do? | Leave for supplies for 3 years and find that the group of colonists that were on the island were missing |
| What word was carved onto the tree in Roanoke settlement? | "Croatoan" |
| Who asks for a charter from who? | London merchants and King James |
| The London merchants are what to the Natives? | Friendly |
| What group of Natives are the merchants friendly to? | Powhatan |
| How is the Powhatan government like ours? | Taxes, united under one chief, other leaders under the chief. |
| When is Jamestown settled? | 1607 |
| What do the group of London merchants call themselves? | The Virginia Company |
| Who are the colonists and where do they settle? | ONLY rich men and boys, and along the James River. |
| What was Jamestown's cash crop? | Tobacco |
| What did Jamestown build along their settlement? | A fort |
| Why did the colonists die in Jamestown? | Because of lack of crop planting, they were on Indian hunting ground, Typhoid, nasty water, and mosquitoes |
| Why did the colonists not have enough food? | Because they were out looking for gold and not planting. |
| Who whipped the surviving colonists into shape? | John Smith |
| What did John Smith say? | "He who does not work, does not eat." |
| When was the "Starving Time"? | Winter of 1609-1610 |
| Who was John Rolfe? | He made tobacco the cash crop of Jamestown |
| What happened to the Speedwell? | It sunk, leaving the passengers to get crammed on the Mayflower with the others. |
| What was unique about the Mayflower? | It was a wine-delivering ship and was unlikely to cross the Atlantic and make it to America. |
| Puritans | The Pilgrims or others trying to make pure of their religion |
| Why did the Pilgrims leave England? | Because the were killed for being Christians and because they didn't want their children to grow up in another country |
| Where did the Pilgrims end up in America? | Not Jamestown, but Boston area |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | The first from of self-government, an agreement written on the Mayflower |
| Sachem | Leader |
| Massasoit | A sachem who knew that there were "strange ships" coming and formed a peace treaty with the Pilgrims |
| Samoset | A sachem who knew English and even greeted the colonists, "Hello, Englishmen!" |
| Squanto | An Indian who spoke English and helped the Pilgrims trap game and grow plants |
| What happens to the Pilgrims in the first winter? | Almost 1/2 die: Mothers sleep on boat on top of kids to keep warm |
| William Bradford | Governor of Plymouth Colony |
| What was a gift from the Natives on Thanksgiving? | 5 Deer |
| When was Thanksgiving ? | 3 days in October |
| What was Thanksgiving? | A harvest celebration with the Pilgrims and Natives |
| Miles Standish | In charge of games at first Thanksgiving |
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