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Europeans ignored what treaty when they set out to build their own empires in North America?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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What had Europeans hoped to find in their explorations to North America?
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A more direct route to the Pacific.
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In 1524, this Italian,in the service for France, sailed to North America in search for a route to the Pacific. Instead he discovered New York harbor.
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Giovanni Verrazzano
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This Frenchman reached a gulf off the east coast of Canada that led to a broad river. He would name it the St. Lawrence.
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Jacques Cartier
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Cartier followed the St. Lawrence River till he reached a large island dominated by a hill. He would name this island_________.
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Mount Royal
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In 1608, this French explorer sailed up the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to a region he called Quebec.
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Samuel de Champlain
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Frances colonial empire in North America would be called ______ _______.
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New France
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In 1673, French priest Jacque Marquette & trader Louis Joliette explored what regions of North America.
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Great Lakes & Upper Mississippi
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Sieur de La Salle explored the lower Mississippi.He claimed the entire river valley for France and would name it _______ for his king.
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Louisiana
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France built a trading empire in New France. It was primarily built on the _______ trade.
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Fur
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In 1607 a group of London investors obtained a charter from King James to found a colony in North America. It would be called ________.
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Jamestown
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The early settlers of Jamestown had a disasterous begining. They were more interested in finding ____ than surviving.
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gold
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Over time the settlers of Jamestown gained stability and their situation greatly improved with the introduction of _______ as a cash crop.
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tobacco
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1620s a group known as the _________, persecuted for their religious beliefs, founded a second English colony, Plymouth in Massachusetts.
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Pilgrims
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8 years later, a group known as the ________ sought religious freedom from England and established a larger colony in nearby Massachusetts Bay.
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Puritans
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