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| The Spanish government created the Spanish borderlands north of New Spain to | protect its gold and silver mines |
| The Spanish built presidios to | protect settlers |
| The oldest permanent European settlement in the United States is | St. Augustine |
| How did the Spanish settlers in the borderlands change the lives of the Indians living in the borderlands? | The Indians learned how to tame horses and raise sheep |
| Life was hard for the Indians who lived in the Spanish missions because | they had to give up their religious traditions |
| Why did King Louis XIV make New France a royal colony? | He wanted to rebuild his hold in North America after the fur trade was nearly destroyed |
| When Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet went looking for the Mississippi River, they hoped the river would help them find | a route to Asia |
| Who claimed the area known as Louisiana for the French? | Sieur de La Salle |
| The Puritans founded their colony in Massachusetts to | practice their religion |
| The Connecticut colony adopted the Fundamental Orders, which was | the first written system of government in North America |
| William Penn established Pennsylvania as a refuge for | Quakers |
| Why did the Virginia Company of London start the Jamestown colony? | It was to be a trading post to make a profit for the company |
| The most important cash crop in Virginia was | tobacco |
