Exploration and Colonization
What European country was the first to establish permanent colonies in the Americas?
What native people welcomed the Pilgrims and helped them survive in the New World?
Who are the Wampanoag?
What was the term for the religious movement in the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s that emphasized personal salvation and emotional preaching?
What is the Great Awakening?
Who was the Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What was the name of the devastating conflict between Native Americans and English settlers in New England in 1675-1676?
What is King Philip's War?
What was the name of the first college established in the American colonies, founded in 1636?
What is Harvard University?
What was the economic system used by the Spanish in their American colonies, where natives were forced to work on plantations or in mines?
What is the encomienda system?
What native group inhabited the area around present-day New Mexico and were known for their complex societies and adobe architecture?
Who are the Pueblo people?
What was the name of the document signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 that established a self-governing colony based on majority rule?
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Which English colony was founded in 1607 and became the first successful permanent English settlement in North America?
What is Jamestown?
Which native people inhabited the eastern woodlands of North America and were known for their longhouses and matrilineal society?
Who are the Iroquois Confederacy?
What was the term for the economic policy of England towards its colonies that sought to control trade and ensure a favorable balance of trade?
What is mercantilism?
Who was the leader of the Plymouth colony and helped establish the tradition of self-government in the New World with the Mayflower Compact?
Who is William Bradford?
What was the name of the exchange of goods, crops, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa following Columbus's voyages?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What was the name of the religious group that settled Pennsylvania and believed in religious tolerance, equality, and pacifism?
Who are the Quakers?