Exploration
Christopher Columbus sailed for this nation, which came to colonize much of South and Central America.
What is Spain?
He established the policy "He who does not work, shall not eat" at Jamestown in order to help the settlement survive.
Who is John Smith?
This cash crop was grown primarily in Colonial Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. A sweeter variety was popularized by John Rolfe.
What is Tobacco?
This was a system that grew cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, rice, coffee, or sugar for profit.
What is a plantation?
What are the Southern & New England Colonies?
What is circumnavigation?
He founded Pennsylvania in order to establish religious freedom for all Christians.
Who is William Penn?
This device helped sailors determine their latitude by observing the stars and horizon.
What is an astrolabe?
This was the interaction between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (North & South America).
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Maryland & New York
What are the Southern & Middle Colonies?
This is when a king or queen gives permission to start a colony.
What is a Charter?
He founded the Georgia Colony as a place for debtors to start a new life.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
Examples of this kind of crop include wheat, oats, and barley.
What are Staple Crops?
These laborers were not slaves, but signed away seven years of their life in order to receive passage to the New World.
What are Indentured Servants?
What are the Middle & New England Colonies?
He did not sail on any voyages, but funded Portuguese navigational schools, shipbuilding, and explorations.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
He started the Rhode Island Colony after being banished from Massachusetts for disagreements with the authorities.
Who is Roger Williams?
This was a ship designed with triangular sails that made exploration easier.
What is a Caravel?
This was agreed to by the settlers of Plymouth, the Pilgrims. It is an example of one of the earliest attempts at self-government in the English Colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Carolinas & Pennsylvania
What are the Southern & Middle Colonies?
He founded a colony for England in the New World, but it failed after they returned to find it mysteriously abandoned.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
He founded the Connecticut Colony so that citizens who were non-Church members could vote.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
This act was passed in Maryland to provide religious freedom to its colonists.
What is the Toleration Act of 1649?
This was the journey that African slaves had to endure on their way to the New World, where they would be forced to work on plantations.
What is the Middle Passage?
Delaware & Rhode Island
What are the Middle & New England Colonies?