Vocabulary
A settlement chartered by the monarchy.
What is a colony
Country sailed and explored before the Spanish
Who is Portugal
What was the name of the Spanish colonies in N. America?
What is New Spain
A document that granted permission to start a settlement/colony.
What is a Charter
The primary motive of Portuguese and Spanish Explorers
What is Wealth
What is the name of the French colonies in N. America
What is New France
Male representatives from a colony, later had to be males who owned land
What is Burgesses
To move completely around a land of mass usually by water.
Circumnavigate
The first successful English settlement
What is Jamestown
A company with multiple investors seeking a return on wealth that is shared.
What is Joint Stock Company
Three main causes of exploration and colonization failure.
What is illness, starvation, and conflict.
A key step in building a representative democratic government. Signed on a ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact
Religious group of individuals from England who sought freedom of religion in North America.
Who are the Puritans
The ship the Puritans sailed to Plymouth on.
What is The Mayflower.
What did the Separatists and Puritans seek on their pilgrimage to the Americas?
What is Religious Freedom