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Us world history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What countries were invested in colonizing the New World | France, Spain, and England |
| Who did France send to explore area around the St. Lawrence River | Jacques Cartier |
| What kept France from establishing a permanent colony | A war that lasted 60 years |
| What was the dominant trade in the area | Fur |
| In 1608 Champlain established the city of | Quebec |
| Quebec would become the capital city of | New France |
| Coureur des bois was the term given to the | Fur trades in New France |
| Royal colonies | Started by the king |
| Proprietary colony | Started and run by a sole individual |
| Joint stock companies | Owned and operated by a company |
| France’s royal colony sent how many colonist to New France | 4,000 |
| France sent how many young women to become wives for single men | 900 |
| Women under 16 and men under 20 married they would receive what a | Royal gift |
| Parents that had how many kids would receive financial bonuses | 10+ |
| What two people explored the “Big River” all the way south to the Arkansas River | Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette |
| Jacques and Louis’s efforts were completed when,In 1682, Rene de Lasalle mapped the great river all the way to | The Gulf of Mexico |
| Who named the territory in honor of king Louis XIV- Louisiana | Lasalle |
| Lord of Iberville founded the city of | Biloxi |
| Since Biloxi was founded this established a new port of trade and was followed | By Mobile and New Orleans |
| France built forts North along the river to protect | Their investment |
| What are some things they grew | Tobacco, indigo, rice and sugar and eventually bought slaves from Africa to work their crops |
| By 1721 France had over how many Africans to Louisiana | 1,800 Africans |