1. Chapter 2 Study Guide

2. House of Burgesses A Virginia lawmaking body The First Representative form of Government in North America

3. Roger Williams Left Massachusetts Bay because he believed NA’s should be paid for their land the founder of Providence, Rhode Island

4. Mission Religious outpost established to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

5. Quebec French landholding in Canada. Founded by Samuel de Champlain.

6. Mayflower Compact Written by the Pilgrims to establish a government when they landed in Plymouth.

7. Samuel de Champlain French explorer in the St. Lawrence River Valley Started a war with the Iroquios

8. Quakers Religious group led by William Penn Founded Pennsylvania

9. Lord Baltimore The owner and governor of the Maryland colony

10. Presidio Spanish forts set up near missions to protect the Missionaries.

11. Puritans Religious group that wanted to “purify” the church of all Catholic Rituals the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

13. Why did the Spanish explorers come to North America? They wanted to mine gold and silver.

14. Explain basic differences in how North America was colonized between Spain, France, and England Spain- Claimed a lot of land in the south and west. France- Claimed very little land from NA’s. England- Claimed and settled the entire Atlantic Coast

15. Jaques Cartier French Explored the St. Lawrence River Valley

16. Samuel de Champlain French Founder of Quebec

17. Giovanni de Verrazano Italian who sailed for France Explored the Hudson River Valley

18. Hernan Cortes Spanish Explored Mexico

19. Robert de La Salle French Explored the Mississippi River Valley

20. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Spanish Explored the Rio Grande Valley

21. Why did the English settle in the Chesapeake region? The land was fertile and close to the ocean.

22. What was the main cash crop of Virginia and Maryland? Tobacco

23. What was the main cash crop of the Carolinas? Rice

24. How did Bacon’s rebellion lead to an expansion of slavery in the colonies? Slaves were preferable to indentured servants because they would never be free to compete for land.

25. Who founded Maryland? Who was it named after? Founded by Lord Baltimore Named after King Charles’ wife Henrietta Marie

26. Explain the impact European colonization had on the lives of Native Americans. Be sure to include both positive and negative impacts of the fur trade. The Good: The goods Native Americans traded for made their lives easier. Education and health opportunities increased

27. The Bad: - expanding territory for beaver pelts put tribes that normally didn’t see each other into conflict over hunting ground. - Native Americans lost their traditional way of life.