Monumental People
Credited with the discover of North America
who is Christorpher Columbus?
main reason for slavery
what is expansion of labor needs?
theory that stated a land bridge connected Asia and North America, allowing early humans to migrate and populate the Americas
what is The Bering Land Bridge theory?
Colonial power in the Americas
what is Spain?
Widespread transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between both hemispheres
what is the Columbian exchange?
First European conquistador to set foot in Florida, best known for his quest to find the fountain of youth
who is Juan Ponce de León?
shipping route that brought enslaved people to the Americas
what is the middle passage?
a system that granted colonists authority over a specified number of natives using the crown
what is the Encomienda system?
group of people Europeans debated on how they should be treated
who is native Americans?
Was the of the triangular trade route among the colonies, Europe, and Africa
what is middle leg?
Mappers of the east coast
who is Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain John Smith?
500,000 slaves brought to the English colonies
what is the slave trade?
A Spanish social hierarchy which organized colonists, natives, and enslaved Africans into a caste-like structure.
what is the Casta system?
legal instrument signed that established a framework for self-governance in the Plymouth Colony, emphasizing principles of mutual agreement and majority rule
what is the Mayflower compact?
goods traded from old world to new world
what is horses, pigs, rice, wheat, and grapes?
minister in Salem Bay settlement, taught that church and state should be separate
who is Roger Williams?
usage of slavery in the south
a system used by the Virginia Company to attract settlers to Jamestown by granting land to settlers?
what is the Headright system?
individuals would agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies
what is Indentured servitude?
goods traded from new world to old world
what is corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, avocado, and sweet potatoes?
an English explorer best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export.
who is John Rolfe?
usage of slavery in the north
the headright system as a means of attracting new settlers to the region and addressing the labor shortage created by the emergence of tobacco farming
what is the Virginia Company?
main Difference between New England and Chesapeake
the Chesapeake region focusing on large-scale tobacco plantations and enslaved labor, while New England developed a more diverse economy centered around small-scale farming, fishing, and trade?
a system of transatlantic trade in the 16th century between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
what is the Triangular trade?