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| Spanish navy leader who defeated the French, taking control of Florida for Spain |
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| first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States; founded by the Spanish |
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| large, self-sufficient estates in the Southwest; many of the workers who lived on these estates were Native Americans |
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| Spanish settlement in the Southwest; they hoped to find gold and silver here but instead found that the grasslands were good for sheep and cattle ranches |
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| Spanish military forts built to protect the missions in the Southwest |
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| "The Royal Road" used to connect Mexico City, Santa Fe,missions, and presidios |
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| Pueblo leader who led a revolt against the Spanish in New Mexico |
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| revolt by the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish, driving them out of New Mexico for about 12 years |
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| Spanish priest who founded the first Spanish missions in California |
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| places where the French and Native Americans met to trade goods |
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| large river in North America that the French hoped might be the Northwest Passage;control of this river would help them reach new lands where they could build trading posts |
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| French missionary who explored the Mississippi with Louis Jolliet |
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| French fur trader who explored the Mississippi River with Jacques Marquette |
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| French explorer who traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River, claiming the entire Mississippi River valley and its tributaries for France |
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| territory claimed by La Salle for France, named for King Louis XIV |
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| capital of Louisiana that became a busy trading center due to its location near the mouth of the Mississippi River |
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| young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian War |
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| son of Chief Massasoit who tried to force the English out of New England in a war known as King Philip's War |
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| fighting between the Indians and the English for control of New England; the English won |
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| rugged stretch of land near the Appalachian Mountains; this land became settled as colonial settlements along the Atlantic coast became more populated |
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| region of fertile land and thick forest along the Ohio River claimed by the Native Americans and the French; the English began settling here in the mid 1700s |
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| war between the French and their Indian allies and the British over control of the Ohio River Valley |
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| Ottawa Indian attacks on British forts and settlements in the Ohio River valley after the British won the French and Indian War |
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| order by King George III that colonists were no longer allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains; this was done to prevent future Indian rebellions |
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