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| Name three parts of North America colonized by Spain | California, Florida, Mexico |
| Describe the governments of the French & Spanish colonies. | People had little to say about how they were ruled. |
| Why did Spain become the richest country in Europe? | Their colonies sent back gold and silver. |
| Why did the French colonies trap for furs rather than farm? | The soil and weather in Canada was poor. |
| Name two reasons people came from England to America. | Religious freedom and free land. |
| In which colony could the people make their own laws? | The English colonies |
| This European colony forced the Indians to work in the mines & ranches | Spanish colonies |
| This European colony got along well with the Indians. | French colonies |
| The first European country to set up colonies in America. | Spain |
| The Spanish king ordered the Spanish colonies to trade only with? | Spain |
| This country defeated Spain in a war at sea in 1588. | England |
| What country set up colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America. | England |
| What country set up colonies along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes? | France |
| The English & French colonies had a conflict over the land in the _______ Valley. | Ohio |
| Settlements in the New World were called? | colonies |
| The area in the New World settled by the Spanish was called? | New Spain |
| Name the three European countries that sent people to settle in America. | Spain, France, England |
| Most French colonists made a living by? | Trapping furs |
| What group of colonies made friends with the Indians and even worked with them? | French colonies |
| Who was most powerful after 1763, France or England? | England |
| Which group of colonies had self government? | English |
| Which group of colonies were ruled by harsh kings? | Spanish and French |
| This group of colonies did not do well in farming? | The French |
| Why did the Indian dislike the English colonies? | They took the Indians' land |
| Most English colonists made a living by? | Farming |
| England and France fought a war in 1760 over? | Control of the Ohio River Valley |
| Why did the English colonists and England fight a war between themselves? | Colonists wanted to govern themselves. |
| Which group of colonists had the fewest settlers? | The French and Spanish |
| Which group of colonists had the most settlers? | The English |
