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French
explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River & claimed eastern Canada for
the French
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Jacques
Carter
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Man
who established the 1st permanent settlement at Québec
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Samuel
de Champlain
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In 1497, he claimed the area of newfoundland in Canada
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John Cabot
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This person in the 1600’s wanted to strengthen royal power and boost
revenues by taxing his overseas empire.
He also appointed officials in New France to oversee the economic
matters of the colony. He prohibited
Protestantism and sent soldiers and more settlers including women
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King Louis XIV
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Factors that created capitalism
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Expanded trade, increased money supply, and push for overseas empire
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Reasons English colonies were organized
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Some organized for profit, some were organized for havens of the religiously persecuted
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Continents triangular trade connected
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Europe, Asia, & the Americas
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Description of French-owned land
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Went from Quebec to the Great Lakes & down the Mississippi River to Louisiana & the Gulf of Mexico
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What was the impact of the slave trade
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It provided labor that helped the colonial economies grow, African state and societies were torn apart, and African lives were torn apart or brutalized
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What
European countries competed for land in the New world
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Spain, France, England, and Netherlands
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Total
number of English colonies
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13
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French’s name for Canada
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New France
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First permanent English colony
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Jamestown, Virginia
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Group that settled in Massachusetts, in 1620
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Pilgrims
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First major European country that was involved in slave trade
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Spain
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