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Ch 4 SS
Building the First Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Missions: | places where the Spanish converted Native Americans to Christianity |
| Legislature | : the law-making branch of the government |
| Self-government: | when people make and follow their own laws for the common good. |
| Missionaries: | were people who held large ceremonies to teach Native Americans Catholic beliefs. They forced them to become catholic and work as slaves. |
| St. Augustine in 1565 | (Spanish) First people to start colonies in the Americas. Led by Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
| Jamestown in 1607 | (English) England’s first permanent settlement in North America established by the Virginia Company |
| Quebec in 1608 | (French) Samuel de Champlain starts it up |
| Plymouth in 1620 | (English) William Bradford establishes Plymouth with the Pilgrims |
| New Amsterdam in 1626 | (Dutch) |
| The Mississippi River valley in 1684 | (French) LaSalle claimed this land for King Louis XIV |
| List what kind of activities made up the early economies (how they made money) of the North American Colonies: | Farming, ranching, fishing, fur trading, and shipping goods and raw materials back to Europe. Things like lumber and furs. |
| Jamestown’s location was | a poor choice for a settlement because the land was swampy and not good for farming. |
| The Pilgrims built their settlement | on a bay because it provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade. |
| Tisquantum | helped the first colonists by teaching them how to farm and to fish. |
| Virginia made huge profits | because of tobacco sales to Europe. |
| Primary source is | when someone writes a book about things they experienced at that time. |
| New Netherland was made up of | the present-day states of New York & New Jersey. |
| The Mayflower Compact created | a form of self-government because the people who signed the compact agreed to make and follow their own laws. They believed in majority rule. |
| The House of Burgesses is important because | it helped make the laws that were needed to keep order. It was the first representative assembly which means it allowed Virginia colonists to elect members to represent them in the House. |
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