The Fight for the Continent

Why did Spain want to establish a colony in Florida?

• to participate in established trade routes to Europe

• to prevent the French and English from gaining the land

• to prevent Native Americans from expanding their territories

• to form an alliance with the Native Americans living there

From whom did the French settlers learn to make birch-bark canoes?

• English settlers

• Native Americans

• Spanish explorers

• slaves

What is one way the French tried to find the Northwest Passage?

• by establishing colonies

• by building trading posts

• by exploring the Mississippi

• by talking to traders

Which BEST describes the beginning of the French and Indian War?

• Spanish and French fight over Florida.

• British and Spanish fight over New Mexico.

• British and French fight over the Ohio River valley.

• French and Native Americans fight over the Great Lakes region.

What helped the British win the French and Indian War?

• The Spanish joined them.

• More British soldiers joined them.

• The French "ran as sheep before the hounds."

• Washington surrendered.

What was the effect of the French and Indian War on New France?

• The Spanish took over New France.

• The war had no effect on New France.

• Britain took over most of New France.

• Native Americans took over most of New France.

Which was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States?

• Williamsburg

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

• Roanoke

Which city was named the capitol of New Mexico?

• Mexico City

• St. Augustine

• Santa Fe

• El Paso

What was the purpose of the missions in New Spain?

• To allow the Spanish to enslave the Pueblo people.

• To create ranches for the cattle.

• To convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• To protect the presidios.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?

• The Native Americans were now part of the British empire.

• The Native Americans must move out of the Ohio Valley

• The colonists were no longer allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Native Americans were no longer allowed to stay on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.