He began sending colonists to Louisiana after the Le Moyne brothers established forts there. Louisiana is named in his honor.

The name of the French colony in the Americas was __________________________.

This was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed to America.

In 1712, Louisiana became a ________________________________, which means that ownership of it was given to one person.

These two places became fur-trading centers in New France. One was founded by Champlain, and the other was founded by missionaries.

A group of French merchants hired ______________________ to find a good location for a colony so they could increase their profits from the fur trade. A lake is named after him.

The main economic activity of New France was the _________________________.

This group, also known as the Separatists, wanted to separate from the Church of England. They wanted to escape religious persecution in England.

This was the name of the colony established by the Dutch. It was located in present-day New Jersey and New York.

A Native American group known as the _____________________ were already living in Massachusetts when the Pilgrims arrived.

The _____________________________ was a document in which the Pilgrims agreed to form a government and to obey any laws that would later be established "for the general good of the colony".

_________________ brought 1,000 Puritans to settle in Massachusetts Bay Colony and set up the government in Boston.

_________________ was a Native American who spoke English and helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them how to fish and plant native crops.

_______________________ was the leader of the Separatists. He asked The Virginia Company if a group of Separatists could start a colony in North America.

______________ was the name of the colony established by the Pilgrims at the tip of Cape Cod.

Cartier established a fur-trading partnership with a group of Native Americans known as the ______________

The _______________________ were a religious group from England who wanted to purify the church. They settled in Boston.

He was the first explorer for the Netherlands. In 1609, he sailed up what was then known as the North River looking for the Northwest Passage. He claimed all the lands around the river for the

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_______________ was the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

When the English took over New Amsterdam, they renamed it ________________