Vocabulary
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
A crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit
Cash crop
What was the name of the first English Colony that mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke
The English Colonies were sorted into three groups. What were those groups?
New England
Middle
Southern
Settlers had many reasons to come to America in the 1600s and 1700s. One important reason was:
Freedom of Religion
Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native people of Mexico and Peru
Conquistadors
A formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
Charter
What did the French trade to make their wealth in the new world?
Fur
In these colonies, climate and geography encouraged the planting of cash crops and the development of large plantations. In time, slave labor would become a major part of this region's economy.
Southern Colonies
This trade route connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas, exchanging goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.
Triangular Trade
People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion
Missionaries
An economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies
Mercantilism
What colony would eventually become Virginia? They suffered through the "Starving Time."
Jamestown
This colonial region was settled to set up family farms and businesses. It included colonies like New York and Delaware
Middle Colonies
What was main Church of England during the 1600-1700s?
Anglican
French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Natives with whom they worked and lived
Coureurs de bois
Ruled by the people. In a democracy, the people to govern belongs to the people.
Democratic
Who originally colonized New York and what was its original name?
Netherlands (The Dutch)
New Netherland
These Colonies were settled to practice religious freedom. They had industries included Lumber, ship-building, and international trade.
New England Colonies
This European country founded the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607.
England
The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
Slavery
The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves
Slave Trade
What colony was founded by members aboard the Mayflower?
Plymouth (Massachusetts)
What was the main religion practiced in many of the New England Colonies?
Puritanism
What are the 3 G's for why European countries explored and colonized the Americas?
Gold
God
Glory