| A | B |
| The Spanish government created the Spanish borderlands north of New Spain to | protect its gold and silver |
| The Spanish build presidios to | protect settlers |
| The oldest permanent European settlement in the U.S. is | St. Augustine |
| The Spanish settlements in the borderlands changed the lives of the Indians | taught them how to tame horses and raise sheep |
| Life was hard for the Indians who lived at the Spanish missions | Had to give up their religious traditions |
| King Louis XIV made New France a royal colony | He wanted to rebuild his hold in North America after the fur trade was nearly destroyed |
| Marquette and Joliet went looking for the Mississippi River | Hoping to find a route to Asia |
| La Salle | claimed the area known as Louisana for the French |
| French king made Louisana a proprietary colony | wanted it to operate as a business |
| Virginia Company founded Jamestown | to be a trading post to make a profit for the company |
| Tobacco | most important cash crop in Virginia and Maryland |
| Puritans founded their colony in Massachusetts | practice their religion |
| Fundamental Orders | First written system of government in North America |
| William Penn established Pennsylvania | as a refuge for Quakers |
| Spain (liked missions and presidios) | El Camino Real |
| Spain (oldest settlement) | St. Augustine |
| France (leader) | John Law |
| Portage | France (carry canoe) |
| England (official approval) | Charter |
| James Oglethorpe | England (started colony) |