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26 Cards in this Set
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What were the explorers of North America looking for?
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Northwest Passage
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Water route through North America to Asia
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Northwest Passage
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First European to search for the Northwest Passage
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John Cabot
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Explored along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina to Maine
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Henry Hudson
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Claimed the land along the St. Lawrence River
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Jacques Cartier
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Found Quebec trading post
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Samuel de Champlain
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Found the Mississippi River and thought it was the Northwest Passage
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Jacques Marquette
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Explored for France, searched for the Northwest Passage
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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The leader of Roanoke
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John White
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Explain what happened in Roanoke
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The colonists sent John White to england for more supplies. England was at war with France, so all the ships were needed to fight the war. John White could finally return to Roanoke a few years later. He found the word "CRO" carved on a tree trunk, but the colonists were gone.
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Explain the settlement of Jamestown
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Jamestown was settled by wealthy Englishmen and boys because they could afford the trip to America. Jamestown was located on a swampy peninsula with a lot of mosquitoes that carried disease. The settlers got sick, many died. The settlers were used to having servants doing work for them. They were more interested in finding gold than taking care of their food needs. Captain John Smith helped them grow crops and build houses
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Whose strict discipline helped the settlers in the colony of Jamestown?
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Captain John Smith
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His method of curing tobacco made it a successful cash crop
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John Rolfe
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The first cash crop
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tobacco
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Married John Rolfe: the marriage kept peace between the settlers and the Native Americans
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Pocahontas
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What caused the conflict between the English and the Powhatan chiefdom?
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The english planters were taking more and more of the Powhatan's hunting grounds to grow tobacco
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A law making body in colonial Virginia
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House of Burgesses
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Served for a certain number of years in return for land and money
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indentured servant
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A document permitting settlement on land claimed by a ruler
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charter
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Where is the Plymouth located?
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Massechusets
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Why did the Pilgrims come to North America?
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religious freedom
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Why was the Mayflower compact important?
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the first step to self-government in North America
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Governor of Plymouth
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William Bradford
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How did the Wampanoag help the Pilgrims?
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By planting corn, using fish to fertilize, and trapping animals
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3 Native Americas who helped the Pilgrims
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Squanto, Samoset, Massoit
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What is a sachem?
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a Native American leader
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