European Exploration & Colonization
This labor intensive, yet profitable crop was grown in the Chesapeake 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 Tobacco
This resource was central to the development of complex agricultural societies in the Southwest.
What is maize (corn)?
This colony was founded on the principle of equality, especially in terms of religion, and welcomed Quakers. (it was also considered a "proprietary" colony).
What is Pennsylvania
This transfer introduced crops like potatoes and maize to Europe and horses and diseases to the Americas.
What is Columbian Exchange
This was a movement that started in the 1720s in an attempt to get people reacquainted with faith in puritan societies. Led to the creation of a unique American religious identity.
What was the (First) Great Awakening
This was the colonial region that was most likely to be diverse with types of people and religious backgrounds
What is the Middle Colonies
This country settled primarily in modern day Mexico and many other parts of Central and South America, establishing initial European dominance of the New World under the pretext of religious and racial superiority.
What is Spain
The Mayflower Compact was an early example of this type of colonial agreement.
What is self-government (or a social contract)?
The Plains tribes’ lifestyle was largely nomadic and revolved around this key animal.
What is buffalo
Puritans in Massachusetts believed in a close-knit, orderly society shaped by this theological doctrine, which led to followers leading disciplined and religious-centered lives
What was predestination
The false idea that the land was unused and that the natives were primitive and undeveloped prior to European contact was called
What is the Pristine Myth?
This labor system granted Spanish settlers the right to extract tribute and labor from Native Americans.
What is the Encomienda System?
____________________ describes when a tribe or people move around and don't have permanent settlements.
___________________ describes when a tribe or people become stationary/rooted/non-migratory
What is nomadic/sedentary
The Maryland Toleration Act guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians (including Catholics) but excluded this group.
Who are Jews (or non-Christians)
John Winthrop believed Native land could be taken because they lacked this European concept of ownership.
What is property (or legal title/ownership)?
Bartolomé de Las Casas criticized Spanish treatment of Native populations in support of this anti-Spanish propaganda.
What is the Black Legend?
Rhode Island differed from Massachusetts in its commitment to this principle, promoted by Roger Williams.
What is religious freedom
This city, located near modern-day St. Louis, was the center of the Mississippian culture and known for its "mound builder" culture.
What is Cahokia?
Spanish Jesuit missionaries were _____________ (type of Christian) and Puritan, as well as other English settlers, tended to be ________________ (type of Christian).
Who were Catholics and Protestants?
This was a way in which people in Puritan society could be baptized but not full members of the Church.
What is the Halfway Covenant