Settlements Take Root

A grant from the Spanish government giving settlers the right to control local Native Americans

• mission

• encomienda

• gold

• economy

Spanish settlements spread in North America because Spanish missionaries set up villages, called missions.

• True

• False

The location of the Saint Augustine settlement was important to the Spaniards because

• it was the nearest point in North America to Spain

• it became a major center of commerce with the French and English

• it served as a base for expanding Spanish settlements

• Soldiers at the St. Augustine fort protected Spanish ships from pirates

What is the best reason why England wanted to start a colony in North America?

• England wanted a North American colony to compete with Spain.

• The English wanted to bring Native Americans back to England to work.

• English explorers has discovered large amounts of gold in what is now Virginia.

• The English rulers wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.

The Wampanoag people helped the Pilgrims because the Pilgrims protected them from their Native American foes.

• True

• False

Life in the New Netherland was based on

• fishing

• farming

• shipbuilding

• commerce

Pilgrims and Puritans came to North America

• to search for gold and silver

• because they did not want to join the Church of England

• to find food

• because they wanted to be the first to find new land

A person who goes on a religious journey is a representative.

• True

• False

The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans.

• True

• False

Spanish missions in New Spain were located

• on the Pacific Ocean

• the southern regions of New Spain

• on the islands of New Spain

• the northern regions of New Spain