European Settlement in North America

1. European Settlement in North America

2. 1. What was Francis Drake’s idea about sharing in the wealth of the new world? He stole from the Spanish who had stolen from the Aztecs. 2. Why was he a hero in England? 1.) He brought back $9 million in gold to England 2.) 1st Englishmen to travel around the world by ship 3. Do you think he was a robber or was he simply taking what had already been stolen from the Indians?

3. Sir Walter Raleigh 1. _____________________ a friend of the queen of England received permission to send ____ (a number) colonists with food and supplies to _________________ which was off the coast of ________________ (a state) 100 Roanoake Island North Carolina 2. It was the year _____. Things went badly because they did not _____. They went back to _________ with _______. 1585 work England Drake

4. fort 3. Another group came. They build a ______ and ______________. The first English child was born. Her name was _______________. planted crops Virginia Dare 4. After 3 years they could not be found. However, a message was left. The word __________ was written on the fort’s doorpost. Croatoan

5. jamestown 1. It became too expensive for one individual to start a colony, so a group of m__________ or businessmen formed a ______ ______ __________. Every member would s_____ in the profits and expenses. The company was called the ________ __________ of _________. erchants joint stock company hare Virginia Company London 2. ____ (a number) men and boys went to ___________ on three ships called the __________, _________________, and ___________. 120 Jamestown Godspeed Susan Constant Discovery

6. 3. In exchange for their trip, they were to send back ____, ________, ______ and maybe find _____________. furs lumber crops gold & silver 4. The trip took _ months, but __ died on the way. In the year _____, they arrived in today’s state of _________, on the ______ River. It was now the month of ______. 4 15 1607 James Virginia April

7. 5. The land was l___, s________ and filled with m_________. Many did not want to ______. Instead they searched for _____ and stole ______ from the ________. The Indians fought the colonists ow wampy osquitoes work gold crops Indians 6. At Christmas only ___ were alive. What saved them? (2 reasons) 38 1.) Ship with supplies & more colonists came. 2. John Smith became their leader. 7. A great leader of Jamestown was ____________. He once was captured by the __________ _________ but was saved by ___________. He told everyone that if they did not ______ they would not ______. John Smith Powhattan Indians Pocahontas work eat

8. 8. Things went well until 1609. What happened? (2 reasons) 1. ) John Smith was burned & left 2.) Not enough supplies 9. In 1610, the colony was saved because _________________________________________________. a ship came with food, supplies and 300 people 10. Three years later, a colonist named ___________ planted ________ everywhere. It was sold in ________ as a cash crop. John Rolfe tobacco England

9. 11. What 2 important decisions of the London Virginia Company helped the colony grow? If a colonist paid their own way- they received 50 acres when they arrived. They gave 50 acres to old settlers who lived there 7 years (including indentured servants) 12. What 3 important events happened in 1619? 1.) 90 women came 2.) slaves from Africa were brought and sold to be field workers 3. House of Burgesses was set up allowing the colonists to self-govern the colony (make their own laws)

10. Pilgrims 1. In England, everyone was supposed to belong to the _____________________. If you didn’t you were thrown into _____. Church of England jail 2. Some people called ____________ had a different belief. Because they didn’t want to go to _____, they moved to the _____________. They wanted religious __________. Separatists jail Netherlands freedom

11. 3. At first everything went OK, but later the Separatists worried about two things. Children were becoming less religious Children were becoming more Dutch than English 4. They decided to move to _______ __________. To do this they got permission from the __________ ___________ of ________ and received money from ________ merchants. In return, the Separatists would pay them back by sending _________________. North America Virginia Company London English furs, fish, lumber

12. 5. In the month of ___________ and the year _____, ____ (a number) people left for America on the _________________________________ September 1620 102 Speedwell and the Mayflower 6. The Separatists now called themselves __________, which means a person who makes a trip for _________ reasons. Pilgrims religious 7. When the Pilgrims arrived in November, they drew up an agreement called the _____________________. What was the agreement? Mayflower Compact 1.) Just and equal laws 2.) Established self government of the colony

13. 8. The Pilgrims went ashore in __________. Today this place is called ___________, ______. It is located near __________ ______ Dec. 1620 Plymouth Mass. Cape Cod Mass. 9. The first winter was hard and ___ people died from __________________ and diseases such as scurvy and smallpox. 51 lack of food, cold

14. 10. In the spring the settlers made friends with an Indian called S_______. He brought S________ who showed the Pilgrims _______________________________ ___________________________________________. amoset quanto how to plant corn and how to fertilize using dead fish and scraps of food 11. In _________ (month) 1621, the Indians and Pilgrims celebrated ________________. October Thanksgiving

15. French Exploration 1. ________ was a French explorer who failed to find a northwest passage. Cartier 2. ____________ was a French explorer who explored the lakes around Michigan. He also started the first permanent settlement in Quebec which is in _____ _______ or present day ________. He was given the title ______________________. Champlain New France Canada Father of New France

16. 3. The French did not get along with the Indians. True of False 4. The French learned the Indian _________ and we interested in f____. language urs 5. ___________, a French missionary and ________, a fur trapper, wanted to find the _________________. Instead they paddled down the ____________ River as far as the __________ River. Marquette Joliette N. West Passage Mississippi Arkansas

17. 6. _________, another French explorer went down the same river as far as the ___________________. He claimed the area for ________. It was called ____________. La Salle Gulf of Mexico France Louisianna 7. The French now claimed a large territory from the G____ __ ________ to as far north as ________. ulf of Mexico Canada

18. Dutch Exploration 1. The Netherlands hired an English sailor named ________________ to find a route to ______ called the __________________. HenryHudson Asia N. West Passage 2. He first explored the _______ Bay. Sailing north he found the ________ River. Hudson Hudson 3. The Dutch called this area ________________. Today this is located around ________ _________. New Netherlands Albany New York

19. 4. The Dutch also bought ___________ ______ from the Indians. Manhattan Island 5. The Dutch allowed ________ freedom on their land. religious

20. Jamestown Country the settlers came from England 1607Jamestown, Virginia on the James River Where they settled and when London Merchants Va. Company of London How money was raised to start the colony 120 men and boys came on Discovery, Susan Constant, Godspeed Who the colonists were Why they came to America Adventure, land, gold River, peninsula, bay, lowlands, swamps, mosquitoes Natural environment The first thing the colonists built and why A fort- for defense What they built next Houses- of poles and tree bark

21. Jamestown Captain John Smith Farming, cash crops (tobacco) for export to England Governor, House of Burgesses Sickness, lack of food, unfriendly Indians, laziness, quarreling poor soil

22. Plymouth England & Netherlands Plymouth, near Cape Cod Mass. 1620 English Merchants Va. Co. of London Families, 102 Pilgrims came on Mayflower Religious freedom Forests, hills, brooks, harbor, very cold winters

23. Plymouth -A fort on a hill for defense -Indians were friendly- some weren’t Houses- walls of boards- roofs of thatch William Bradford- served 36 years Farming (crops), fishing (fish), hunting (furs), lumber (wood). Sent to England Mayflower Compact and Governor Disease, Cold, Hunger, Indian Attack

25. Quebec New France Plymouth New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Maryland Jamestown New France Virginia Roanoke North Carolina