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10 Cards in this Set
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Why did King Louis XIV make New France a royal colony?
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He wanted to rebuild his hold in North America after the fur trade was destroyed.
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Why did the Spanish build presidios?
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To protect the settlers
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What changed the life of the Indians by teaching them to tame horses and sheep?
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The Spanish settlements in the borderlands.
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Who created the Spanish borderlands north of New Spain to protect its gold and silver mines?
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The Spanish government.
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Who adopted teh Fundemental Orders, which was the first written system of government in North America?
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The Connecticut colony
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What did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet go looking for to help them find a route to Asia?
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The Mississippi River
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Where did the Puritans found their colony?
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Massachusetts
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Where did William Penn establish a refuge for Quakers?
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Pennsylvania
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The Virginia Company founded which colony?
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Jamestown
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Why was the Jamestown colony founded?
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To be a trading post to make a profit for the Viginia Company
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