The French, Dutch, and English Colonies

What was the primary purpose of the Spanish colonies there were established in North America in the early 1500s?

• To foster friendship between Spaniards and Native Americans

• To establish religious freedom for Spaniards fleeing Europe

• To grow crops for Spain

• To find gold and to spread Christianity

Until the 1500s, the _________ was the only church in Western Europe.

• Roman catholic Church

• Judaism

• Lutheran

• Protestant

Like Columbus, Europeans continued during the 1500s to look for new ways to reach the riches of _____.

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

Europeans wanted to discover a shorter ___________, or waterway through or around North America.

• East passage

• Northeast passage

• Southwest Passage

• Northwest Passage

Samuel de champlain founded _______, the first permanent French settlement in North America, in 1605.

• Port Royal

• Port Prison

• Qubec

• New Orleans

On a rocky cliff high above the St. Lawrence River, Champlain built a trading post known as ______.

• Alberta

• Maine

• Toronto

• Quebec

The French profited from _________________.

• fishing,trapping,and trading.

• Hunting,wooding,and fighting

French colonists who lived and worked in Native American lands beyond the French settlements became known as coureurs de bois, or “______________________.”

• runners of the woods

• swimmer of the lakes

• runner of the fields

• runners of the snow

Unlike the Spanish, the French did not attempt to conquer the indians. Also, because coureurs de bois did ________________ they did not interfere with Indian lands.

• not establish farms

• not establish settlements

• not establish ranches

• not establish cities

Did the French did not attempt to conquer the indians.

• Yes

• Nah