Ch. 3 Settlements

a shortcut by water across North America to Asia

• pilgrim

• representative

• encomienda

• Northwest Passage

People chosen by voters to speak and act for them

• Pilgrim

• representative

• encomienda

• drought

How did contact with the Spanish harm the Native Americans?

• the Spanish settlers took all the firearms from the Native Americans

• The Spaniards joined with the English and enslaved the Native Americans

• The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans.

• The Spaniards gave large amounts of gold and land to the Native Americans.

Why was St. Augustine important to Spain?

• The settlement served as a base for expanding settlements into the Carolinas and Virginia.

• It became a major center of commerce with the French and English.

• It helped protect Spanish shipping routes.

• It was closest to Spain

Why did England want to start a colony in North America?

• Their rival Spain ha settlements, and they wanted to compete with them.

• They wanted to bring Native Americans back as slaves.

• English explorers discovered large amount of gold.

Which of the following is true about the geography and environment at Jamestown?

• The colony was built high on a coastal mountain range, which made it hard to attack.

• Farmers were able to earn a great deal of money because of the tropical climate

• Because they were on the Pacific coast, they could easily trade with Asia.

• The site was surrounded by unclean water with mosquitoes that carried diseases.

Which of the following best describes the relations between the Native Americans and the French and Dutch colonists?

• They had no contact with the Native Americans.

• Both traded with the Native Americans, but both also had some conflict with other Native American tribes.

• The French traded with the Native Americans, but the Dutch tried to enslave the Natives.

• The French imprisoned the Native Americans, but the Dutch traded with them.

Similar to Jamestown, the Dutch colony of New Netherland was based on...

• fishing

• shipbuilding

• commerce

• farming

Which is true about English, French, and Dutch colonies in the New World?

• Each group had different reasons for coming, but economic motives were important to all groups.

• All three tried to enslave Native Americans.

• The English and Dutch were successful, but the French failed.

• Overtime, the French conquered the English.

What was the role of the Virginia Company in settling of Jamestown?

• They raised money and funded the voyage in exchange for trading back with England.

• They enslaved the settlers.

• They bought the New World

• The Virginia Company used the settlers as test subject for a secret society.