Colonial North America
The English Separatists who established Plymouth Colony in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
The European country that colonized Brazil.
What is Portugal?
A territory controlled by another country.
What is a colony
The war between Britain and France over control of North American territory.
What was the French and Indian War
What subject does Mr. Bigalk teach besides U.S. History?
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The English Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England.
Who were the Puritans?
The European country that established a large empire in Central and South America.
What is Spain?
A Spanish conqueror who explored and claimed lands in the Americas.
What is a conquistador?
The British gained substantial territory from this European rival after the French and Indian War.
Who was France
What college did Mr. Bigalk attend?
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The Dutch colonial territory centered around the Hudson River.
What was New Netherland?
The exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange
A person who seeks to spread religious beliefs.
What is a missionary?
The treaty in 1763 that ended the French and Indian War.
What was the Treaty of Paris
What is Mr. Bigalk's first name?
What is James
The economic activity that attracted many French settlers to North America.
What was the fur trade?
Name one crop that traveled from the Americas to other parts of the world.
Examples include corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cacao, and tobacco.
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Middle Passage?
The name for the forced transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
What was the Middle Passage
If Mr. Bigalk weren't a teacher, what career would he want to pursue?
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Give one reason English settlers came to North America and one reason French settlers came.
English settlers sought land, economic opportunities, or religious freedom. French settlers often sought furs, trade, exploration, or opportunities for missionary work.
Name two ways European colonization harmed indigenous peoples.
Examples include loss of land, forced labor, violence, and devastating disease outbreaks.
A large farm that grows crops to sell or export.
What is a plantation?
Explain one important result of the Columbian Exchange and one harmful consequence of European contact.
What was New foods and animals transformed agriculture and diets. Diseases such as smallpox devastated many indigenous populations.
Would Mr. Bigalk rather go one week without coffee or one week without his phone?
What is Phone