lessons 5-6 NW Passage and French Colonies
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| Northwest Passage | a shortcut by water that Europeans wanted to find to link the Atlantic to the Pacific
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| John Cabot | Italian explorer who sailed for England to find NW Passage-found great fishing off coast of Newfoundland
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| Giovanni de Verrazano | sailed for France to find NW Passage but found Hudson River
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| merchant company | group of business people who share the costs of a trading voyage to make a profit
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| Henry Hudson | English sea captain hired by the Dutch East India Company to find the NW Passage
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| 70 miles wide | How wide Hudson believed North America was
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| Hudson Bay | where Hudson was traveling but thought he was traveling across North America
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| Jacques Cartier | Frenchman who claimed a peninsula near the St. Lawrence River for France- called it Canada
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| Samuel de Champlain | sent by the French after Cartier and made governor of New France- set up a fur-trading post in Quebec
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| allies | people who work together towards a common goal
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| Iroquois | group of Native Americans who fought against Champlain
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| voyageurs | fur trappers who received permits for trapping from the French leaders
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| Why was the growth of New France slow? | many non-Catholics settled in English colonies for more religious freedom
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| Brule | a young Frenchman who first explored four of the Great Lakes and lived among the Native Americans
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| Nicolet | French explorer who found Lake Michigan and lived among the Native Americans
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| English colonies | non-Catholics joined these because the King of France only allowed Catholics
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