Social Studies Weekly: Week #11 Quiz

Use this week’s issue of Studies Weekly to help you answer this question. Include the page number and title of the article that helped you find the answer in your response.

Why were the British, French and Spanish constantly at odds in the New World?

This Spanish general led his armada against the French who settled in Florida. He ordered the French, under Jean Ribault, killed at Matanzas. Who was he?

• James Oglethorpe

• Jean Ribault

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• René Laudonnière

This French general attempted to attack St. Augustine but was thrown off course by a strong storm. Instead of glory, his men were brutally slaughtered by the Spanish at Matanzas. Who was he?

• Jean Ribault

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• René Laudonnière

• Francisco Menéndez

James Oglethorpe originally settled in present day __________________.

• South Carolina

• Florida

• Virginia

• Georgia

Established well before Roanoke, Jamestown or Plymouth, ______________ was a Spanish settlement created by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

• Fort Caroline

• St. Augustine

• Charlesfort

• Cape Canaveral

After the French and Indian War, Spain became concerned that England would come to take over their land in Florida next, so they ____________________________.

• made a deal with England to trade Florida for Cuba

• attacked the Spanish in Cuba

• made an alliance with the Dutch to fight against England

• surrendered to England to avoid a war

After the first Huguenot settlement Charlesfort failed, René Laudonnière established _______________________ in Florida.

• Fort Matanzas

• Fort George

• Fort Mose

• Fort Caroline

Francisco Menéndez, a former slave, was given land to establish Fort Mose, where _________________________.

• Spanish soldiers could receive medical treatment after battles

• former slaves could grow crops and start a new life

• English Huguenots could worship freely

• Catholic priests taught American Indians about Christianity

Spain sent missionaries and priests to the New World in order to ____________________.

• establish schools for children of the colonies

• collect information about the new land and create maps

• convert American Indians to Christianity

• create an infrastructure of roads to travel between settlements

What was the French and Indian War? How did it change the possession of land in North America?