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Terms
Misc.
100

One of the earliest European countries to begin exploring. Sent many Conquistadors to explore.

What is Spain

100
This town was founded in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony
What is Jamestown
100

this nick name was given to three crops often grown together. name the crops and the nickname

corn, beans, squash - three sisters
100
This complex economic system dictated that a country should export more than it imports and build up its gold/silver reserves
What is Mercantilism
100
This crop was most likely to be grown in the West Indies
What is sugar
200
This country's goal was not to colonize North America but rather to establish outposts in order to trade fur and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
What is France
200
This rebellion of indentured servants led to the transformation of Virginia's labor system
What is Bacon's Rebellion
200
The name given to the interaction between North, Central, South America and the West Indies, Africa and Europe
What is Columbian Exchange
200
This group settled Plymouth colony, hoping for religious freedom
Who are the Pilgrims or Seperatists
200
This was the name of the labor system the Spanish used to subjugate Native Americans
What is Encomienda
300
This country settled primarily in modern day Brazil and many other parts of South America, establishing one of the greatest slave societies in the world
What is Portugal
300
English law passed in the 1650's that required certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English sailors
What are the Navigation Acts
300

The name of the society that lived in the Mississippi River Valley. They were known for being the largest civilization north of the Aztec empire. They also were known for their mound building.

What is Cahokia

300
This group settled Massachusetts Bay Colony and placed it under harsh religious rule until the end of the 17th century
Who are the Puritans
300
This Native American fought against settlers in New England in the 1670's after most Native Americans had either been killed off by disease or displaced
Who is King Philip or Metacom
400
The Protestant Christian belief that God chooses certain people for salvation before they are born.
What is predestination
400

This group of Native Americans established a constitution that united differing tribes in upstate New York. This confederacy became very powerful in Colonial times

Who are the Iroquois

400

A form of work where one would sign a contract for x amount of years, then could own land for themselves.

What is indentured servitude

400
This system attempted to get more people to the colonies by offering landowners 50 acres of land to anyone who paid the passage of a new arrival
What is the headright system
400
This group of people, also known as the Society of Friends, believed God spoke directly to each individual through an "inner light" and that all people (Native Americans, Africans etc.) were holy
Who are the Quakers
500
This labor intensive, yet profitable crop was grown in South Carolina and other areas of the south in the early and mid-18th century - leading to an explosion in the slave population of the colonies
What is rice
500
A colony chartered by the crown and governed by officials appointed to serve the monarchy and represent its interests
What is royal colony
500
This term is used to describe the brutal sea voyage from Africa to the Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that took the lives of nearly a million enslaved Africans
What is the Middle Passage
500

A European country that soon became a center of trade due to Byzantine influence. New ideas began to spread to other areas of Europe and influenced the growth of exploration.

What is Italy

500
This term could be used to describe British colonial policy of relaxed enforcement of colonial regulations during the reigns of George I
What is Salutary Neglect
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