Jamestown

1.    Explain what Roanoke was and why it failed

The Roanoke was a Colony in the Americas. It was a fail because Raleigh put most of his money into an investment but then it failed because he was the one putting the money in and if it failed then he would lose his money, but if he made other people put their money in it like starting a lemonade stand then he would just run the lemonade stand if it went good than you are ok and the people who put their money into the Lemonade stand are ok but if you don't sell then you are still good but the people who invested in it lose their money. Raleigh then learned to make other people invest to not lose his money.

2.   Explain why Jamestown succeeded as the first English colony in North America.

They Succeeded because they built a fort first on a swamp and it was good for their defense and no one could get to them. John Smith also helped.

3.   Explain the role John Smith played in saving Jamestown.

Well everyone was going to search for gold and everyone was close to dying because they had not made farms to eat from. But then John Smith (Who is famous from the Pocahontas movie) got everything in order and forced people to work instead of hunting for gold. He even threatened to kill people if they didn't do as he said.

4.   Identify how most English colonies made money.

Well they got gold from the Native Americans by trading and conquering their cities of gold.

French colonization

1.  Identify the first French explorer who discovered Canada
The first French explorer to discover Canada was named Jacques Cartier.

2.  Explain why the French had to work with the Native Americans
Because they didn't have that many people and couldn't farm or take over the Native Americans.

3.  Explain how the French ran their trapping business.
They built trading posts along the Native Americans border and they traded furs for weapons horses and jewelry, things that the Native Americans didn't have, it worked out for both of them.

4.   Explain why the way the French used the land clashed with the way the English used the land.
Well the French wanted to use the land for trapping but the English wanted to farm it and they couldn't both do the same thing there so the English over ran the French with their population

European Eploration

1.     Identify the different explorers who came to  the Americas and what they did.

Well the first one is Christopher Columbus, he found the Americas while trying to find Asia but when he found the Americas he thought it was Asia. The next man was also the first one to make it to the America's his name was Juan Ponce de Leon he was looking for the fountain of youth. Unfortunately he didn't find it though and the only thing he became famous for was being the first to arrive in the America's. The next explorer was the first to see the Pacific ocean. His name was Balboa he never crossed it though. The man to cross it was named Sir Francis Drake.


2.     Explain the technological advances that allowed European explorers to travel better.

Well there was the Compass, Better boats to travel faster in, there were better maps with Latitude and Longitude, and there was the Astrolabe which helped them know their location better by measuring the Latitude.


3.     Explain the contributions the Spanish and Portuguese made towards the discovery of the Americas.

Well they sent a lot of explorers to discover it and they were some of the first Europeans to colonize the Americas. They also made big stories like Christopher Columbus who thought he had found Asia but had not. Then there was Juan Ponce de leon who actually thought there was a fountain of youth but was disappointed to find that there wasn't one.

France and England at war

So before the black death there were two forces fighting each other, the French and the English. But when the black death came around the two forces lost to many men and stopped fighting while the black death was going on but right after the black death they started fighting again. The king of England Henry V, told the king of France Charles VI that if he didn't give him his land and his daughter Kathrine then he would take his army and take him over. Charles VI knew that if he gave him his land then he would take his crown and he didn't want that, he also knew if he gave him his daughter then he might have children and say that France is his because of Kathrine. So he declined and with his message the Dauphin of France (or the prince) sent some tennis balls and told him to play tennis instead of attacking and use his energy for hitting the ball. When Henry V read this he was very mad, he sent a letter back and he told the dauphin that he would take his army and take him over. And so he did. He went and fought but he lost a lot of soldiers and wanted to go back home and try again next year because winter was beginning and it was getting cold. But the French did not let him have another try, they stopped him from going back home and they wanted to finish the English once and for all. Henry V knew that he was out numbered but he had no choice but to fight so he gave his men a speech and they set off to fight very strongly and they won the battle. Then the English went to take over more of France but one of the French citys was very precious and they could not afford to lose it so they put their men in their to garrison. It was called Orleans. The English surrounded it and put a siege up. But lucky for the French Joan of Arc popped up and she said she was sent by God. The people believed in he but the king not so much. He wanted to send her away but the servant insisted. The king wanted to know if she was really sent by God so he disguised himself and gave his crown and robe to a knight and called Joan of Ark in. She walked straight to the king and kneeled down and told him that she wanted to save him and help him have his crown back. So she took the army and her men fought ferociously they won the battle and went on to conquer more. Soon they conquered a city and they gave the king his crown back. But after this Joan of Arc got captured and she was put on trial but all of the people that like Joan of Arc were not aloud to be there. Soon she was executed and burned on the fire. The King did not do anything until 25 years after that! She was found innocent. The king started to feel bad once he got older. Henry V got Kathrine as his wife and they had children but he died shortly after that and his son a 1 year old became king.

The Black Death

The Black Death was a Pandemic infectious disease. It started in China. And five million people died from it.  A ship that came from China brought the disease to Europe. So many people died that there weren’t even enough graves for all of them. People didn’t know how to cure themselves. The doctors of the time actually caused more harm than help. They kept bleeding people hoping to help them but it didn't help at all it only made things worse. The black death spread all the way to England. Iam very grateful that i didn't live when the black death was around.