Unit 4 Colonization of the Americas

Label the three main colonies in North America.

c

d

e

f

New Spain and Texas

New France and Louisiana

New Netherland

Spanish Florida

English Colonies

Hudson's Bay

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5.1.4

What were the main reasons for colonizing the New World by Europeans?

• Individual Glory

• Gold and Silver as well as other riches

• Trade with Asia

• To gain manufactured goods

• To spread their Religion

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5.1.5

Which European nation colonized South America in modern day Brazil?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.4

Which European nation colonized modern day Florida including building a mission system and the city of Saint Augustine (San Augustin), the oldest permanent settlement in the United States?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.4

Which European nation colonized California, including the settlements at Monterey and San Francisco, and established a mission system to convert Native Americans?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5

Which European nation colonized the failed colony on Roanoke Island led by Sir Walter Raleigh? This was their first attempt at colonizing the New World.

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5

Which European Nation explored the Hudson River, New York Harbor, established a trading post at Fort Orange (modern day Albany, New York), and bought Manhattan Island and built the settlement of New Amsterdam?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5

Which European nation settled in the Saint Lawrence River Valley, traded with the various Algonquin tribes, founded settlements at Quebec and Montreal, found the Great Lakes, and named Canada?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5

Explorers Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet set out for this European Nation and discovered the Mississippi River. Later, Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle found the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed all of this territory for this nation, and named it Louisiana. Which nation completed these acts?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5

Originally explored and part of the colony of Canada, these Europeans settled in Indiana. They founded a settlement at Vincennes as well as Fort Ouiatenon (near Lafayette), Fort Saint Joseph (near South Bend), and Fort Miamis (Fort Wayne). Which European nation explored and settled in modern day Indiana?

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

• England

• The United Provinces of the Netherlands

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5.1.5