Settling the New World Guided Notes
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DIRECTIONS: During this unit, we will discuss
basic concepts surrounding the Settling
of the New World. Complete the
essential questions for each topic using classroom discussions, class notes,
your text book, and www.mrgigliotti.com.
This guide through the material can be used to help you compose your
History Journal short essay questions, study for tests and quizzes and answer
questions during classroom review sessions.
The Spanish Empire
A.
Introduction and Review:
1. During the Age of Exploration, Spanish _______________ conquered vast lands
in North
2. The Spanish will begin to settle the
conquered land by establishing colonies. A
colony is: ______________________________________________________________?
3. The purpose of a colony is to make _______________ for the mother country?
B. The
Spanish Empire:
1. The Spanish Empire extended from northern
_______________ through
_______________ all
the way to the southern tip of
called
____________?
2. What parts of what is now the
Empire?
3. _______________ is the oldest city in what is
now the
the Spanish in
1513?
4. As a result of finding vast amounts of
_______________ and _______________ in their
empire;
C.
Governing the Spanish Empire:
1.
and
_______________?
2. The King of
3. Within the Spanish Empire, settlers had no
say in the colonys
_______________?
4. The Laws
of the _______________ gave
how the colony show be run, what type of crops
would be planted, and where towns should
be built?
5. With little if any rights for citizens, why
would Spanish settlers want to move to the New
World?
D.
Spanish Settlements:
1. The Spanish established _______________ types
of settlements in the
2. _______________ were small towns or cities
were Spanish settlers lived?
3. Presidios
were Spanish _______________ built to house soldiers?
4. _______________ were religious settlements
established to convert the
Native Americans to
Christianity?
5. Most Native Americans were _______________ to
convert to Christianity?
E.
Spanish Social Classes:
1. A social
class or social status is:
_____________________________________________?
2. Within the Spanish Empire, _______________ social classes existed?
3. Peninsulares were people who were born in
_______________. Peninsulares represented
the
_______________ social class and were usually government _______________?
4. _______________ were
people of Spanish blood who were born in the _______________?
_______________ typically owned large
_______________ and businesses?
5. Mestizos, were people of _______________ blood? Mestizos represented the
_______________ class
within the empire?
6. The bottom of the Spanish social structure
consisted of _______________
and
_______________?
7. Would it be possible for an individual within
the Spanish Empire to change their social status?
Why or Why not? Is it possible for people within the modern
social
class?
F.
The Spanish and the Native Americans:
1. The Spanish had the right to demand taxes
& labor from the Native Americans because of
laws known as
_______________?
2. _______________ were large estates farmed by
many
workers who were
usually _______________?
3. Originally, the Spanish used _______________
as slaves on their sugar cane plantations;
however
_______________ did not make good slaves because _______________?
4. A Spanish priest named _______________ felt
sorry for the Native Americans for many
reasons, and suggested
to the Spanish King that _______________ would make better
slaves?
5. Soon, thousands of slaves from
_______________ would be brought to the
G.
Spanish Culture:
1. The Spanish brought _______________, ______________,
_______________, and
_______________ to
the
2. Spanish culture often merged with _______________
cultures?
3. Spanish influences can still be seen in
several ways today in the
TWO ways below:
a.
b.
French and Dutch
Colonies
H.
Other Nations Establish Colonies:
1. Based on what you know about the Spanish
Empire, why would other nations such as
the
I.
1. The French established an empire in the North
2. What parts of what is now the
once part of
3. _______________ brought settlers from
the
4. Most French settlers in the
5. French fur traders were known as
_______________?
6. The French settlers usually got along very
well with the _______________ and often traded
with them?
7. The French explored large parts of
_______________ and established ______________
across
8. _______________ and _______________ were
French Explorers who explored the
9. ______________ was a French explorer who
explored the
claimed the land
around it for
10. Although the French government tried to
encourage the settlement of
_______________ Frenchmen actually moved
to the
_______________ could own _______________?
J. New
1. People who live in the
people in
2. Henry _______________ explored the
_______________ and claimed the
area for the Dutch in the early 1600s?
3. In 1626, Peter Minuit
lead Dutch settlers to
_______________ from
the Native Americans for a few of dollars worth
of
_______________?
4. Minuit named his
Dutch settlement New _______________ after the capital of the
5. Eventually, the Dutch would construct a
________________ to protect the settlement from the
Native Americans?
6. Later the Dutch would take over
_______________ settlements near the
add to New
Netherlands?
7. List TWO cultural items that were introduced
to the
a. b.
Early English
Colonies
K.
England Begins to colonize the
1. With the defeat of the _______________,
World?
L.
Roanoke The Lost Colony:
1.
2.
3. When supplies ran low, John ______________
returned to
4. When _______________ returned to
and the word
_______________ was carved into a tree?
5. What do you think happened to the colony of
M.
Jamestown:
1.
was called
______________?
2.
is now
_______________?
3. A joint
stock company called the _______________ received a _______________ from
the
King of England to establish a colony in
1607?
4. What is a joint stock company:
________________________________________________?
5. What is a charter:
__________________________________________________________?
6. The first settlers arrived in
the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed?
7. The settlers named the colony and the nearby
river after _______________ of
8. The colony of
years of the
settlement and over _______________% of the settlers _______________?
9. After completing the Jamestown Mystery activity, why was
its first twenty
years of existence. Be sure to list all
of the reasons discussed in class below?
N.
The Pilgrims:
1. The Pilgrims were known as the ______________
in
separate from the
Church of _______________?
2. The Separatists
were _______________ or treated poorly in
religious
beliefs?
3. The Separatists
searched for a place to practice their religion freely and in the early 1600s
left
religion.
4. After some years in the ______________, the Separatists wanted to leave because
their
_______________ were becoming more
______________ than English?
5. The Separatists
returned to
cross the
6. The Separatists,
now called _______________ were joined by others and crossed the
7. Due to powerful storms the _______________
was blown off course and instead of arriving in
8. The Pilgrims
established a colony known as _______________ named after the city in
9. _______________ Rock is said to be the spot in
stepped of the Mayflower?
10. Before leaving the Mayflower, the men on board established a government for the
colony in
a document
called the _______________?
11. The Governor of
12. The Pilgrims built sod houses and had to
endure a harsh _______________ with little
_______________ because
they had arrived late in the year?
13. Over one half of the settlers
_______________ died during the first winter at
14. The next year a Native American named
_______________ helped the Pilgrims
plant
_______________?
15. In the fall, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God
for a good harvest by
holding a feast
with the Native Americans that we still celebrate
today called
_______________?