FlashcardsEuropean Colonies in North America Flashcards
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This 39-card flashcard set covers European colonization of North America from the 1600s through the French and Indian War. Students review key topics including French settlement in Canada, English colonies from Jamestown to Massachusetts, the Mayflower Compact, economic and environmental factors that shaped colonial growth, and the causes and consequences of the French and Indian War and Treaty of Paris. Use it for exam review, chapter reinforcement, or vocabulary and concept practice in a 9th Grade history or civics course.
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- NameWhich four European nations competed for lands in North America during the 1600s?
- By the year 1700, which two countries dominated large parts of the North American continent?
- According to the worksheet, in what specific ways did the European colonies differ from one another?
- In what year did Jacques Cartier explore and claim much of eastern Canada for France?
- What was the name given to the large area of eastern Canada claimed by France?
- Geographic expansion took France's empire from Quebec to which major waterways?
- What environmental factor discouraged permanent settlers from staying in Canada?
- Because farming was difficult, what two economic activities did many French colonists turn to instead?
- What did the French king, Louis XIV, want to increase from the colonies in the late 1600s?
- What specific actions did King Louis XIV take to better manage and protect French economic interests?
- How did the population growth of New France compare to that of the English colonies in the early 1700s?
- Where were the English colonies geographically located?
- What was the first permanent English colony, and when was it established?
- In what colony/state region was Jamestown established?
- Who were the Pilgrims, and when did they land in Massachusetts?
- Where exactly in Massachusetts did the Pilgrims land?
- What was the name of the compact or agreement the Pilgrims wrote?
- What was the explicit purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
- What were the two main types of ventures or motivations behind creating additional English colonies in the 1600s and 1700s?
- How did the English monarchs exercise direct control over their colonies?
- How did the degree of self-government enjoyed by English colonists compare to that of Spanish and French colonists?
- What local institutions did English colonists have that allowed them to participate in politics?
- What were the two core functions of the English colonists' representative assemblies?
- Which two European nations emerged as powerful rivals during the 1700s?
- What war erupted in North America in 1754?
- What broader international conflict did the French and Indian War spread into by 1756?
- Which critical, key city in New France did British and colonial troops eventually capture?
- : What adjective does the text use to describe how the war dragged on across the globe?
- Which country ultimately prevailed in this massive global conflict?
- What was the name of the agreement that officially ended the war, and in what year was it signed?
- : As a result of losing the war, which major territory did France have to surrender to Britain?
- Which territory belonging to France was passed over to Spain as a result of the treaty?
- Based on the text, how did economic environmental factors alter the growth patterns of New France versus the English Colonies?
- How did the foundational structures of local government differ between English colonies and their French/Spanish counterparts?
- Which statement best explains why France’s population in New France remained smaller than England’s colonies by the early 1700s?
- Which development most directly increased royal control over New France in the late 1600s?
- The Mayflower Compact is significant because it___________
- Which outcome resulted from the British victory in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) and the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
- How did English colonial governments typically differ from French colonial governments in North America during the 1600s–1700s?
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