Explorers & Conquistadors
Largely recognized as the first European to discover the New World
Christopher Columbus
First permanent English Settlement, most people died the first winter, grew tobacco.
Jamestown
This treaty broke up the newly discovered New World by empires.
treaty of Tordesillas
Why were they called indians
Columbus thought he was in India
Gained a colony by lending the King money
William Penn
Recognized as the first person to sail around the earth
Ferdinand Magellan
Founded by Roger Williams for the purpose of religious freedom
Rhode Island
Law that required only british or colonial ships to trade with the colonies
Navigation Acts
Who did they fight with in the 7 years war (known by another name)
French
This colony survived mainly because of Tobacco.
Jamestown
Discovered a lot of what is not New York and further north.
John Cabot
Highest literacy rate of all the colonies.
Massachusetts Bay
A new way of thinking about Logic and individuality
Enlightenment
Why did they die in large numbers while Africans didn't
Africans had natural immunities Natives did not
Failed to capture fort Duquense twice
George Washington
Known for bringing down the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez
Colonies in this region were mainly agrarian
south
A New way of thinking about God and individuality
Great Awakening
Located in the Mexican Valley
Aztec
This treaty ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
First sighted the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Founded by Pilgrims on the Mayflower
Cape cod/ Plymouth rock
Part of the triangular trade system that transported slaves
Middle passage.
What is it called when a people follow their prey around a region
nomad
Nonviolent religion that allowed religious freedom and treating Natives with respect
Quakers