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Why did the Spanish need to establish a buffer zone in the northern New Spain?
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They needed a buffer zone because they wanted to protect their colonies.
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What is a hacienda?
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Large estates where cattle and sheep are raised.
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What did Spain establish to spread Christianity throughout its new lands?
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Missions
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What were the French traders eager to get from the native Americans?
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Furs
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What French settlement was built on the St. Lawrence River?
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Quebec
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What region was called Louisiana in the 1600's?
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The Appalachians in the east to the Rockies in the west and from the Great Lakes in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
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Why did Queen Elizabeth protect the English pirates?
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Because they shared their wealth of robbing other ships and building more with the government.
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Who was the English pirate who led a crew in sailing around the world?
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Francis Drake. He was a famous sea dog.
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What is an armada?
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A fleet of warships
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What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
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Jamestown
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Who made this rule for the Jamestown colonists? "Anyone who does not work, will not eat?"
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Captain John Smith
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Why did the Powhatan Confederacy fight the English settlers?
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They fought because the colonists had taken the Indians crops and food and then the Indians kidnapped John Smith.
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Why did the Separatists, or Pilgrims, leave England?
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They left England because they did not want to be ruled by the king anymore, wanted to worship God and be separated from the Church of England.
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
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An agreement made by the Pilgrims on board the Mayflower.
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The Mayflower was bound for Virginia, but it was blown off course. Where did the colonists later settle?
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Cape Cod , Massachusetts
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