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34 Cards in this Set
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What did the Spanish create in North America to protect their colonies from other Europeans?
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a buffer zone
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What was the main item of trade between the French and the Native Americans in New France?
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fur
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Who protected the English "sea dogs" when they stole treasures from the Spanish?
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the queen of England
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What is a burgess?
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a representative
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Why did the Pilgrims sail to North America in 1620?
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to practice their religion their own way
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What did the Spanish create in North America to protect their colonies from other Europeans?
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a buffer zone
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What was the main item of trade between the French and the Native Americans in New France?
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fur
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Who protected the English "sea dogs" when they stole treasures from the Spanish?
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the queen of England
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What is a burgess?
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a representative
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Why did the Pilgrims sail to North America in 1620?
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to practice their religion their own way
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Elected by the colonist to make laws in Jamestown
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burgesses
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A share of ownership
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stock
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a favorite wanted by French traders
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beaver fur
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something grown to make money
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cash crop
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English colonists stole crops from them in Virginia
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Powhatan Confederacy
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strong leader of Jamestown
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John Smith
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Pilgrims who wanted to leave the Church of England in order to follow their own religion freely
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separatists
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the Spanish built these to spread the Christian religion
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missions
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large group of warships
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armada
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indians who traded with the French
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Haron
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English hero and pirate; He and his men became the 2nd crew to sail around the world.
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Francis Drake
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French settlement and trading post on the St. Lawrence River
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Quebec
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protected the Spanish colonies from other countries
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buffer zone
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French region between the Rockies and Appalachian Mountains
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Louisiana
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spanish ranch
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hacienda
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who left England for religious freedom
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Pilgrims
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English sailors also known as pirates
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sea dogs
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to make laws and government for themselves
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self rule
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an English settlement in America that vanished
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Roanoke
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he developed a good type of tobacco to sell in England
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Rolfe
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this was the first PERMANENT English settlement in North America.
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Jamestown
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vocabulary: seized
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to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; to steal
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the Mayflower Compact
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The people aboard the Mayflower decided to sign an agreement, or compact, that "just and equal laws" would be made for the common good of the colony and promised to obey these laws. --They would govern themselves.
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Mayflower passengers thought that they were going to settle in parts of Virginia, but their ship was blown off course. Where did they end up settling?
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Plymoth
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