People
The two spanish explorers from Spain who are known for attacking and killing Native Americans.
Hernando de Soto and Francisco Coronado
A crop which is grown and then sold for money is known as this
Cash Crop
The colonies were categorized into 3 different regions, the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and this group of colonies
New England Colonies
This is the name of the landmark where the Pilgrims made landfall in 1620
Plymouth Rock
Poor __________________ onboard ships led to disease and infested food and water supplies
Sanitation
This important French colony is located on the Mississippi River
New Orleans
Famous French explorer known for claiming the entire Mississippi River basin for France and naming it "Louisiana."
Robert de La Salle
This was the main economic system used by several European nations from the 16th to 18th centuries (1500’s-1700’s).
Mercantilism
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
This was the name of the colony that the Pilgrims created
Plymouth Colony
Upon arriving in the Americas, many of the enslaved people were separated from their families and loved ones when they were sold at one of these
Auction / Slave Auction
This region had less natural resources like forests than the others, however it had a lot of fertile soil and a good climate for growing crops.
Southern Colonies
After being banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious viewpoints, he fled to nearby territory, lived with Native Americans, and founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
The exchange between Europe and the Americas of many different types of goods and knowledge such as animals, crops, plants, and technology was known as this
The Columbian Exchange
The French created a very productive _________trade industry.
Fur
Name One reasons why the Pilgrims were significant - Not self Goverment!
Set example of religious freedom
What was ONE of the main reasons why a large number of slaves ended up in the Middle and Southern Colonies.
New England felt it was against their Religion or the Middle/Southern colonies wanted slaves to work their plantations.
This meant that this region was heavily dependent on agriculture. Plenty of forests helped create a large lumber industry which was then used to build a large ship building industry.
New England Colonies
This man created the lightening rod, bifocals and Poor Richard's Almanak
Benjamin Franklin
The was the first representative form of government in the English colonies.
Virginia House of Burgesses
The ________________ ______________was an unsuccessful attempt by the British to establish a colony.
Lost Colony
Name One reasons why the Pilgrims were significant
Created self government.
The conditions that enslaved Africans were forced to endure and live in aboard the ships that brought them to the New World were horrific, causing _ out of every 4 to die during the voyage across the Atlantic
One
This region also relied on fishing, and later on farming. This region has a mild climate and farming was its most important industry, however textile mills and a lot of forests in the region meant it also had a lot of sawmills.
Middle Colonies
Who is hoping you studied for this test!
Mrs. Nutt
Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1749, it is a pointed metal rod that is to be placed on a building and grounded to the earth to protect it from lightning strikes.
Lightening Rod
The main motivations for early explorers to risk everything was to explore for what? 3 G's
God, Gold and Glory
During their voyage to the New World, the Pilgrams outlined this docment that created a form of self government.
Mayflower Compact
Provide TWO motivations which led settlers to establish the 13 Colonies:
HINT: think about the reasons each of the colonies were created?
Religious Freedom and Wealth
Early living conditions in Jamestown were brutal and approximately __% (or 8 out of 10) colonists died due to disease or starvation
80%