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WorksheetsStruggle for North America
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Jacques Cartier discovers the St. Lawrence River in what year?
1492
1534
1616
1824
This Catholic order of priests soon joined explorers of New France hoping to gain converts.
Franciscans
Carmelites
Trappist
Jesuits
The Natives offer no assistance to early settlers of New France.
True
False
The first permanent settlement for the French was not established until...
1606
1607
1608
1609
Those who remained in the harsh Canadian wilderness saw an impressive payoff in the ___ trade.
Fur
Fin
Flag
Fig
King Louis XIV finally does what with New France in the 1600's
Surrenders it to the British
Appoints overseers for economic activity in an attempt to boost revenue
Taxes furs in an attempt to curb overhunting
Sends prisoners over as an attempt to establish a prison colony
The first permanent English colony was...
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
Maryland
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in...
1520
1620
1720
1820
The document the Pilgrims signed, the first example of self government was called what?
The Pilgrim Compact
The Puritan Promise
The Congregational Agreement
The Mayflower Compact
The examples of English colonies included
Commercial Enterprises
Religious Refuges
Prison Colonies
All of These
The example of a colonial prison colony was...
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
South Carolina
The English did not have a fair amount of self-government
True
False
Conflict with other nations, especially on the borderlands, was uncommon.
True
False
The 1763 Treaty that ended hostilities in the French and Indian War was known as...
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Seville
As part of the Treaty of Paris, France ceded its territory ___ of the Mississippi.
West
North
East
South
