| A | B |
|---|
| colonist | person living in land ruled by another |
| buffer zone | an area of land used as a barrier |
| presidio | Spanish fort |
| hacienda | a large estate where cattle and sheep are raised |
| self-sufficient | able to take care of oneself without any help |
| missonary | person sent by a church to spread its religion |
| civil war | a war between two groups from the same country |
| plantation | a huge farm |
| raw material | a resource that can be used to make a product |
| stock | a share of ownership in a business |
| cash crop | crop raised to sell rather than use |
| legislature | law making branch of government |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| compact | an agreement |
| majority rule | thinking that an entire group should vote on decisions |
| Samuel de Champlain | a cartographer |
| Count de Frontenac | became governor- general of New France |
| Jacques Marquette | a Catholic missionary |
| Louis Joliet | a fur trader |
| La Salle | claimed land and named it Louisiana |
| self-sufficient | self-supporting |
| Francis Drake led his second crew... | around the world |
| What happened to the FIRST colony at Roanoke Island? | They returned to England. |
| What happened to the SECOND colony at Roanoke Island? | They disappeared. |
| Jamestown | England's third attempt at starting a colony |
| crop grown in Jamestown | tobacco |
| Captain John Smith told his colonists... | "you won't eat, if you don't work." |
| The first Africians... | arrived as slaves to work on plantations |
| Indian slaves died from... | hunger, overwork, and disease |
| Indians learned to tame horses | used horses in hunting and war |
| haciendas | large estates built by Spanish ranchers |
| Navajos learned how to raise sheep | weaved wool into clothing and blankets |
| Spanish communities... | continued to grow |
| Missionaries taught.... | the Native Americans about God |
| Spanish colonists were... | self-sufficient |
| Separatists | left the Church of England because they felt it was not pure |
| Separatists first moved to... | Holland |
| strangers | not part of the church |
| Mayflower Compact | written to keep order in the colony |
| Wampanoag tribe | helped the colonists |
| Louisiana Territory: south to the... | Gulf of Mexico |
| Louisiana Territory: east to the.. | Appalachian |
| Louisiana Territory: north to the.. | Great Lakes |
| Louisiana Territory: west to the.. | Rocky Mountains |
| Native Americans helped the Plymouth Colony by... | showing colonists how to fish |
| Native Americans helped the Plymouth Colony by... | showing colonists how to plant squash, corn and pumpkins |
| Explored the St. Lawrence River | Samuel de Champlain |
| Colonies failed in Louisiana | land was hot and swampy |
| seadogs | pirates who shared their wealth with the Queen Elizabeth |
| Spain built presidios to... | protect themselves, NOT to welcome colonists |
| The king of Spain wanted... | the Native Americans to become loyal Spanish subjects |
| England saw that Spain had many riches from the colonies, so England... | allowed pirates to steal the treasures from the Spanish ships |
| Separatists landed in... | Cape Cod and started looking for a place to set up their colony |
| Separatists searched for weeks and finally found a place for their colony.. | Plymouth |
| Squanto | showed the colonists how to plant crops and fish |
| 3 areas the Champlain was asked to map | 1.)Forests in Eastern Canada 2.)Quebec 3.)St. Lawrence River |
| Settlers were never able to send goods back to... | England |
