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Chapter 4 Social Studies
What did the Spanish start in the borderland of New Spain to
convert the Native Americans to Christianity?
missions
The Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to what present day
state?
Massachusetts
What was England’s first permanent settlement in North
America?
Jamestown
Which colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to
Europe?
Virginia
The Spanish needed workers to grow crops and to mine for gold. They forced the __________ they
conquered into slavery.
Native Americans
______ wrote a book called A Description of New England. This book inspired people to
travel to North America to start a new life.
John Smith
A colony ruled by a monarch is a ________.
Royal colony
In the 1600’s a group of English merchants wanted to try again to start a colony in Virginia. With
the approval of King James, they set up the ___________.
Virginia Company
The first permanent Spanish settlement in North America was
_________________.
St. Augustine
A large Spanish estate where cattle and sheep are raised is
called _________.
hacienda
The male landowning members of the Virginia Colony elected
people to represent them in their legislature. What does
legislature mean in the sentence above?
Law making branch of government
______ made a law in Jamestown that the colonists had
to work if they wished to eat.
Captain John Smith
Which leader became the governor of the Plymouth
Colony?
William Bradford
Louisiana was a French colony. In 1712, Louisiana was turned into a _________. This meant that the French king gave the whole colony to one person.
Proprietary colony
Why did the French and Dutch set up colonies?
They wanted to trade furs, and they wanted to compete with
Spain and England.
With which settlers did Native Americans mainly fight in the
Powhatan Wars?
The English
Which part of North America did La Salle claim for France in
1684?
Mississippi River Valley
In 1608, the first French settlement was founded along the
St. Lawrence River. It was the first French settlement. What
was its name?
Quebec
The Virginia Company paid for people’s passage, or trips to
Virginia. In return, the people agreed to work without pay for a
length of time. These people were ___________.
Indentured servants
How did Tisquantum, or Squanto, help the first colonists in New
England?
He taught them how to farm and fish.
What is part ownership in a colony called?
stock
Money left over after all the costs have been paid is a _______.
profit
A Spanish fort is called __________.
presidio
Another word for a “partner” is an _________.
ally
A system of government where people make their own laws is
called ____________.
Self-government
A political idea that the majority should have the power to make decisions for the whole group is
________________.
Majority rule
A word that means to “to speak for” is called ___________.
represent
What do we call areas of land near borders between countries,
colonies, or regions is ______________.
borderlands