Period 1
The Iroquois lived in this region of North America
What is the Northeast?
The Apache lived in this region of North America
What is the Southwest?
This colony was established by the Virginia Company and grew cash crops such as tobacco
What is Jamestown?
This nation began to dominate the imperial competition to colonize North America in the 17th century (1600s)
What is Great Britain?
Columbus lands on Hispaniola, establishes Spanish colonies
The Chinook lived in this region of North America
What is the Northwest
Native Americans living in this region were more nomadic than those in other regions and survived by hunting buffalo while living in tipis
What are the Great Plains (Great Basin)?
William Bradford was a governor of this early New England colony
What is Plymouth?
This failed rebellion in Virginia led to a stronger emphasis on chattel slavery and a departure from indentured servitude
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Jamestown colony established
1607
These were the three "Gs" motivating European expansion into the western hemisphere
What were God, Gold, and Glory?
This economic system granted Spanish conquistadors total ownership over indigenous people, resulting in slave labor
What is the encomienda system?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This geometric term describes the pattern of colonial economic activity as European empires exercised influence in Africa and the New World
What is triangle trade?
Plymouth colony established
1620
This term describes businesses owned by shareholders that were investing in exploration and colonization of the western hemisphere
What are joint-stock companies?
These crops are known as the 3 sisters, staples in the diets of Native Americans living in several regions
What are beans, squash, and corn (maize)?
This series of mercantilist laws were created to promote British economic interests at the expense of the colonies
What were the Navigation Acts?
This term describes the religious movement that occured in the early 18th century and emphasized passionate preaching and individual religious experiences
What is the First Great Awakening?
The first African slaves were brought to Virginia
1619
When Christopher Columbus first landed in the Caribbean, he quickly enslaved the members of this indigenous group
Who are the Taino (or Arawak) people?
What is Cahokia?
This was one of the two major wars fought between English colonists and Native Americans in the 17th century (1600s)
What is the Pequot War or King Phillip's War
One of the two people famously expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the Puritan government for advocating for religious tolerance
Who are Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?
The French and Indian War broke out
1754