Spanish, French and Dutch
Colonization Review Power
Point
Spanish, French and Dutch
Colonization Review Power
Point
This power point is one of the review
tools for the unit exam. You also
need your notes and your crossword
puzzles and you should come to the
after school review class.
Early Travelers and the
Portuguese
Ibn Battuta
• Between 1325 and
1355 I traveled 73,000
miles throughout the
Muslim world.
• My travels were
published and later
read by men like
Columbus
Marco Polo
• I traveled to China
between 1271 and
1295 and met the
Great Khan.
• When my tales were
told I was called the
“Prince of Liars”
Mansa Musa
• I was the King of
Mali.
• In 1324 I made a
pilgrimage to Mecca
and brought so much
gold with me that the
value of gold declined.
Zheng He
• Between 1405 and
1433 I made 7
voyages to show off
Chinese culture
Prince Henry
• I was the leader of
Portugal who started
the School for
Navigation
• I sent my sea captains
down the west coast of
Africa looking for an
all water route to Asia
Bartholomeu Dias
• I sailed for Portugal.
• In 1487 and 1488 I
found the southern tip
of Africa called the
Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama
• I sailed for Portugal.
• In 1497 and 1498 I
sailed to India and
back finding an all
water route to the
Indies .
Pedro Cabral
• I sailed for Portugal.
• Around 1500 I
discovered Brazil, the
only area in the New
World claimed by
Portugal.
Leif Ericson
• Around the year 1000,
I sighted land that was
later named
Newfoundland.
• I was a Viking.
Johannes Gutenberg
• In 1455 I printed the
Bible using movable
type.
• This began the process of
making knowledge
cheaper and available to
more people.
• Because of this I was
chosen the most
important person in the
last millennium.
Martin Luther
• I was a Catholic priest.
• In 1517 I called for
reforms in the Catholic
Church.
• This started the
Protestant Reformation.
• I am the 3rd most
important person in the
last millennium.
Spanish
Rulers, Explorers
and
Conquistadors
Queen Isabella
• I am the 117th most
important person in
the last millennium.
King Ferdinand and I
provided Columbus
with the three ships
that he used to sail
westward in 1492
Christopher Columbus
• Between 1492 and 1503 I
made four voyages to the
New World.
• I discovered the West
Indies, established the
first Spanish colony in
the New World and was
named “Admiral of the
Ocean Seas”
• I am the 2nd most
important person in the
last millennium
Amerigo Vespucci
• After exploring the
northern and eastern
coasts of South
America in 1499 and
1500, I wrote a letter
claiming that this land
was not Asia.
• My name ended up on
many maps.
Ponce de Leon
• In 1513 I discovered
Florida while
searching for the
Fountain of Youth
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• In 1513 I crossed the
Isthmus of Panama
and discovered the
Pacific Ocean but I
called it the South Sea.
Ferdinand Magellan
• My expedition,
between 1519 and
1522, went around the
world and proved it
was round.
• I am the 42nd most
important person in
the last millennium.
Hernando Cortes
• I am the Spanish
conquistador who
conquered and
destroyed the Aztec
Empire in Mexico
between 1519 and
1521.
• I am the 150th most
important person in
the last millennium
Moctezuma
• I was the leader of the
Aztec Empire when
Cortes arrived in 1519.
Francisco Pizarro
• I am the Spanish
conquistador who
conquered and
destroyed the Inca
Empire in Peru
between 1532 and
1535.
• I am the 858th most
important person in
the last millennium.
Atahualpa
• I was the leader of the
Inca Empire when
Pizarro arrived in
1532.
Hernando de Soto
• Between 1539 and 1542 I
led an expedition that
explored what is now the
Southeastern United
States looking for gold.
• I didn’t find gold but
discovered the
Mississippi River which
became my grave.
Francisco Coronado
• Between 1540 and
1547 I led an
expedition that
explored what is now
the southwestern
United States looking
for the Seven Cities of
Gold.
• I didn’t find gold but
saw the Grand Canyon
King Charles V
• I am the Spanish King
who organized New
Spain and Peru in
1535 and appointed
the first Viceroys
Bartolome de Las Casas
• I was the Spanish
priest who worked to
improve the life of the
Native Americans but
contributed to African
slavery in the New
World
King Philip II
• I was the Spanish ruler
who, angered by the
activities of the
English Sea Dogs, sent
the Armada to punish
England in 1588.
• I am the 427th most
important person in
the last millennium.
English, French and
Dutch
Rulers and Explorers
John Cabot
• I explored at the same
time as Christopher
Columbus. In 1497 and
1498 I explored the
eastern coast of North
America but thought it
was Asia.
• England claimed this
land based on my
voyages.
• I never returned from
the second voyage.
Verrazano
• I explored for France
and was the first
explorer to look for a
Northwest Passage in
1524.
• I entered what is now
New York harbor and
was later eaten by
natives in the West
Indies.
Jacques Cartier
• In 1534 and 1535 I
discovered and
explored the St.
Lawrence River for
France.
• I was looking for the
Northwest Passage.
Francis Drake
• Between 1577 and 1580 I
made the second voyage
around the world.
• My voyage angered the
Spanish because I wasn’t
treated as a pirate.
• I helped defeat the
Spanish Armada.
• I am the 257th most
important person in the
last millennium
Queen Elizabeth I
• As ruler of England I
supported the Sea
Dogs.
• This really angered the
Spanish and led them
to send the Spanish
Armada against us.
• I am the 31st most
important person in
the last millennium.
Samuel de Champlain
• I am called the “Father
of New France”.
• In 1608 I established
Quebec, the first
permanent French
settlement in the New
World.
• I started the fur trade
and established good
relations with the Native
Americans
Marquette and Joliet
• In 1673 we set out to
investigate the “Father
of Waters” thinking it
might be a strait to Asia.
• We explored the river
from the Great Lakes to
the Arkansas River.
• One of us was a fur
trader and the other a
priest.
La Salle
• I am a Frenchman. In
1682 I sailed to the
mouth of the
Mississippi River and
called the entire area
Louisiana after King
Louis XIV.
King Louis XIV
• I was the French King
who started the Filles
du Roi.
• La Salle named
Louisiana after me.
• I am called the Sun
King
Jean Talon
• I was the first in
Intendant of New
France.
• I was the chief
business officer of the
colony.
• I helped start the
Seigneural System and
the Filles du Roi
Henry Hudson
• I explored for two
countries.
• For Holland I claimed
a river in 1609.
• For England I claimed
a bay in 1610.
• I died in the bay.
Adrian Block and Cornelius May
• I discovered the
Connecticut River in
1614.
• I discovered the
Delaware River in
1614.
Peter Minuit
• I was the First
Director – General
( Governor ) of New
Netherlands.
• I bought Manhattan
Island from the Native
Americans.
Peter Stuyvesant
• I was the last Director
– General ( Governor )
of New Netherlands.
• I had a wooden leg
and was governor fro
17 years.
James, the Duke of York and
Albany
• I sent a fleet to
conquer New
Netherlands in 1664.
• I divided New
Netherlands into three
English colonies –
New York, New Jersey
and Delaware.
General Multiple Choice
Questions
The part of the Spanish colonies
called New Spain included:
West Indies, Central America, Mexico,
Florida, the southeastern and southwestern
United States
The part of the Spanish colonies
called Peru included:
All Spanish land in South America
What three interior waterways
were included in New France?
St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes
and Mississippi River
This included the governor, the
intendant and the bishop
Sovereign Council
What was the religion in both the
Spanish and French colonies?
Roman Catholic
What colony included land from
the Connecticut River in the
north to the Delaware River in
the south?
New Netherlands
What was the official church of
New Netherlands?
Dutch Reformed Church
What was the name of the trading
company that controlled New
Netherlands?
Dutch West India Company
The land renting system in New
France was called the ____
Seigneural System
The land renting system in New
Netherlands was called the ____
Patroon System
The phrase “Gold, Glory and
Gospel” refers to the _____
Spanish Colonies
Creoles
Name for the social class that
included Spaniards born in
New Spain or Peru.
The Gold of North America
turned out to be _______
Furs and Fish
What three English colonies were
created from New Netherlands?
New York, New Jersey and Delaware
Vocabulary
Presidio
Spanish name for a fort
Sea Dogs
English pirates who attacked Spanish
settlements and ships.
Mestizo
The social class in the Spanish colonies
that included people of mixed Spanish
and Indian blood
Viceroy
The official appointed by the Spanish
King to govern New Spain and Peru
Habitant
Under the French land renting system
called the Seigneural System the tenant
farmer was called the _______________
Charter
Permission given by the King or Queen
to settle and govern land in the New World.
Privateer
A legal pirate. Sea captains given
permission to attack enemy ships in
time of war.
Intendant
The member of the Sovereign Council in
charge of the business affairs of New France.
Jean Talon was the first one.
Mission
Spanish priests used this to Christianize
the Indians and teach them Spanish ways
Columbian Exchange
Global exchange of goods and ideas –
included food, medicine, government,
the arts and technology
Encomienda
Land grants given by the Spanish
government that included the right
to get taxes or labor from
Native Americans
Conquistador
The name for Spanish soldiers that
came to the Americas to get rich –
they were ruthless
Peninsulares
The highest social class in the
Spanish colonies. Spaniards
born in Spain.
Plantation
A large estate farmed by many workers.
Sugar and tobacco were often grown on
these with slave labor.
First Global Age
Long distance travel and trade
increased in the 1400’s and far off
parts of the world became linked.
This is called the ______
Les Filles du Roi
Young single women sent to
New France to help the colony
grow
Pueblo
The Spanish name for a town or village
Northwest Passage
A waterway through or around
the northern part of North America
Colony
A group of people who settle in a
distant land but are ruled by their
Mother Country.
Coureurs de bois
French colonists who lived and worked in
the woods – “runners of the woods”
Protestant Reformation
Religious movement started by Martin
Luther in the early 1500’s that divided
Europe
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