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Building the first colonies
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11/26/2011

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He was concerned about how Native Americans were being treated. He was a land owner who later became a priest and freed his Native American workers.
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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This explorer settled in St. Augustine, Florida and was the first permanent long lasting settlement in the United States.
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles
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He was chose by Queen Elizabeth I to set up the first colony for England in North America.
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Walter Raleigh
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He was sent by Walter Raleigh to lead colonists in Roanoke Island in an area named Virgina.
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John White
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The capital of Mexico
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Mexico City
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Place in Virgina where the colony disappeared and know one knows what happened to them.
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Roanoke Island
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Was a business set up by the English. King James I helped them start. They not only received money for the business but they also held stock.
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Virgina Company
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A land ruled by another country
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colony
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A large farm
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plantations
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Lands that are on the edge of Spanish claims
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borderland
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forts
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presidios
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large homes or estates
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haciendas
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part ownership in a business
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stock
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A leader that helped Jamestown survive by making people work or not eat.
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John Smith
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Chief Powhatan's daughter who helped bring peace to the Indian group and colonists.
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Pocahontas
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This man brought tobacco from the West Indies to the colony.
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John Rolfe
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A town built on the shores of the James river by colonist sent by the Virgina Company
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Jamestown
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The first representative assembly in the English colonies.
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Virgina House of Burgesses
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A crop that people grow to sell
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Cash crop
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People who agree to work for a length of time without pay.
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Indentured Servants
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lawmaking branch of the government
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Legislature
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Banned the Catholic Church of England and started the Church of England because he desired a son and had many wives.
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King Henry VIII
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a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
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Pilgrim
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a early governor of Plymouth blessed God for there new home with fresh water and good land for crops.
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William Bradford
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to keep order the men signed a document that laws would be made for the good of the colony and promised to obey these laws.
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Mayflower compact
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These Indians knew English and helped the first colonies fish, plant crops, and trade furs between the colonists and the Native Americans.
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Samoset and Squanto
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This man was hired by merchants to build a settlement and founded Quebec the first French settlement in North America.
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Samuel de Champlain
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The desire for something (furs)
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demand
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the amount of a good that is offered for sale.
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supply
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a Dutch settlement along the Hudson River
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New Netherland
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a town on the south end of Manhattan Island founded by the Dutch.
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New Amsterdam
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A Swedish settlement in what is present day Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
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New Sweden
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Partners
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Allies
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Some thought this river would lead to the Northwest Passage...still others followed it south and claimed lands for their country.
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Mississippi River
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A catholic missionary and a fur trader lead an expedition to find the Mississippi. Which they hoped would lead to the Northwest Passage.
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Jacques Marquette (missionary) and Louis Joliet (fur trader)
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this explorer tried to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed lands for the French in the Mississippi River Valley naming Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
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Robert La Salle
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This state had a proprietary colony and later became their capital city.
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Louisiana
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How did Bartolome de Las Cassas Help the fight against slavery and how did he hurt it.
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He freed his enslaved workers and spoke out in favor of better treatment of Native Americans after becoming a Priest. But this forced people to use Africans as slaves instead.
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Describe what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
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Know one knows for sure since it took White 3 years to return and the colony was gone when he got back.
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How did the Church of England get its start?
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It was started by King Henry VIII after he banned the Catholic Church. He had many wives and was upset with the Catholic Church for disagreeing with this practice.
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How did Squanto help the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth?
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He helped them to fish and plant squash, corn and pumpkins. He also helped them trade with the Wampanoag.
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Explain how supply and demand works.
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When the supply increases the demand may increase or decrease but the price may lower. When the supply is low the demand may be low or high and the price will increase.
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