EXPLORERS
This explorer is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492
WHO IS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS?
The New England Colonies were known for this type of industry.
What is shipbuilding or fishing?
The 3 Gs summarize the main reasons for European exploration.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
These people were brought from Africa and forced to work on plantations.
Who are enslaved Africans?
This ocean lies between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
He explored the Mississippi River and claimed land for France.
WHO IS ROBERT LA SALLE
This region grew large amounts of tobacco and relied on slave labor
What is the Southern Colonies?
European countries wanted to find this type of route to Asia.
What is a water route?
Colonial children often learned by becoming one of these to a skilled worker.
What is an apprentice?
This route carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This Portuguese prince started a school for navigation.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
The Middle Colonies were known as this nickname because of their grain production.
What is the Breadbasket Colonies?
Many explorers wanted to spread this religion to Native peoples.
What is Christianity?
The main form of government in most colonies.
What is self-government?
The triangle trade route connected these three continents.
What are Europe, Africa, and North America? Or the transatlantic slave trade.
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This colony was founded as a place for Quakers to practice their religion freely.
What is Pennsylvania?
A desire to gain land and power motivated countries to do this.
What is colonize?
These gatherings allowed colonists to discuss and vote on local matters.
What are town meetings?
This river was explored and claimed by the French in North America
What is the Mississippi River?
This English explorer searched for the Northwest Passage but was set adrift by his own crew.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This colony was originally founded as a buffer against Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia?
This invention made it easier to navigate long voyages.
What is the compass (or astrolabe)?
This document, signed in 1620, was an early example of self-government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colonial city became an important port in the New England Colonies.
What is Boston?