| A | B |
|---|
| Champlain | started a colony in Nova Scotia, and claimed land for France |
| Ponce de Leon | the Spanish explorer who claimed Florida |
| de Soto | the explorer who claimed lands for Spain in parts of today's southeastern U.S. |
| Coronado | looked for the Seven Cities of Gold which he didn't find but claimed land in the SW for Spain |
| missionaries | Catholic priest who spread their religion to the Native Americans |
| New France | the name given to land claimed in the new world by the French |
| LaSalle | the French explorer who explored the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexica and claimed the land it drained for France |
| Pilgrims | the group of people who started the colony of Jamestown |
| New Spain | the name given to land claimed in this world by the Spanish |
| Trading post | a place where people exchange goods |
| rights the early colonists wished to acquire by coming to the new world | vote for leaders and taxes |
| What did the French not find in their exploration? | the seven cities and silver |
| What did the French find in their exploration? | Fur and Fish |
