Review European Explorers Vocabulary Mrs. Martin Grade 4

Many European countries wanted to find an easier way to get to ____________________. Many European countries wanted to find an easier way to get to ____________________. To get to Asia many sailors wanted to sail west. However the continent of __________________ was in the way. Kings and Queens of European countries wanted to find the _____________________ or a water route through North America in order to get to Asia easier. Asia North America Northwest Passage

In order to find the _____________________ European countries started to send people who go to unknown places to discover new things. These____________________ were looking for a water route through North America to Asia, but they ended up discovering parts of the North American continent and claiming parts of it for the country they sailed for. Northwest Passage explorers

After explorers claimed land for these countries, the countries started to set up ____________________. A ______________ is a place that is ruled by another country. Soon __________________ were living in the colony. colonists colony colonies

The European countries that ruled the colonies needed to have a leader that lived in the colony. A ________________________ is a leader of a colony. The countries wanted to make ___________________ or extra money after the bills have been paid. governor profit

In order to get more colonists to North America, ____________________ paid to bring 50 colonists to the colony. Once the people were in the colony they would live on the _____________________ land. To pay for their trip and rent the colonists would pay crops and livestock to the patroons. patroons patroon’s

Some people did not come to the colonies by choice, they were forced to come here as ______________________. A ______________________ is a person who is owned by another person. There were four main explorers who explored and discovered what is now New York State. slaves slave

In 1524 ____________________________ sailed for France. He was the first explorer to see what we now call New York Bay. In 1534 ____________________________ also sailed for France. He sailed up the St. Lawrence River. Verrazano Cartier

In 1608 _______________________ sailed for France. He made it to a lake that is between what is now New York and Vermont. This lake is called Lake ________________. Champlain made friends with the _______________________. Champlain Champlain Algonquians

In 1609 _______________________ sailed for the Netherlands. He sailed up what is today called the __________________ River. He claimed land for the Netherlands. Hudson Hudson