New Spain
The Spanish king and queen gave access to this explorer to sail to the New World, thinking he landed in Asia, but actually discovered what we now call Central America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This European power settled in present-day Canada and had good relations with the Native Americans in their region.
Who are the French?
The first successful English colony situated in Virginia, directly in the middle of Powhatan territory.
What is Jamestown?
This region of colonies unfortunately relied on slavery to make money, thinking they need enslaved labor to work on their plantations.
What are the southern colonies?
These English colonists settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and were also the group to have the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
The name of soldiers that led military expeditions into the New World.
Who are conquistadors?
This European power had one of the largest New World cities in New Amsterdam, but were eventually overtaken by the British.
Who are the Dutch?
This cash crop became a staple of the southern colonies, with almost every plantation growing it in order to make money.
What is tobacco?
This portion of the triangular trade route dealt with taking enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, being the deadliest portion of their journey.
What is the Middle Passage?
This treaty ended the Seven Years' War, and established Great Britian as the dominant European power in the Americas.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1763?
The name of the ancient civilization located in modern-day Mexico that was captured by Hernan Cortes.
Who are the Aztecs?
This European power had the largest territorial claims in the New World, occupying the bulk of South and Central America.
What is Spain?
The religious group that William Penn was a member of, and the dominant religion in the Pennsylvania colony.
Who are the Quakers?
This year is widely considered as the start of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
What is 1619?
These were the first of many controlling acts passed by the king of Great Britain, which severely limited who the colonists could trade with and how much money they could make.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This treaty split the world in half between Spain and Portugal, with Spain getting a majority of the land in the New World, and Portugal getting a majority of the land in Africa and Asia.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Often referred to as the Lost Colony, this British colony disappeared, leaving only the word Croatoan carved into a nearby tree.
What is Roanoke?
Because the region of New England had such a short growing season, this made up the bulk of their economy, which ironically helped them in trade.
What is shipbuilding?
This is the term used to describe someone who is not enslaved, but rather works for no pay for a period between 2 and 7 years, and is the granted their freedom.
What is indentured servitude?
This economic concept of a colony only existing to make money for the mother country was the basis of the 13 colonies in North America.
What is mercantilism?
The name given to the members of the highest social group in the Spanish hierarchy, consisting of members that are born in Spain.
What are peninsulares?
One of the biggest reasons for an increased European presence in the New World was because of this, an imaginary water route that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This man is considered a founder of democracy through his writing of A City on a Hill, which helped promote equality and representation of the people in government.
Who is John Winthrop?
This anti-slavery movement was started by the Quakers, and slowly grew to become more popular up until the start of the Civil War.
What is abolitionism?
This man, along with the Vikings, explored North America prior to Christopher Columbus, and discovered the land known as Newfoundland.
Who is Leif Eriksson?