Colonial Economy
Historical groups and figures
Native Americans and Spanish Colonization
English Colonies
Eras and Events
100

Economic system between Africa, the American colonies, and Europe that resulted in the exchange of goods and people across the Atlantic Ocean

Triangle Trade (Trans-Atlantic Trade)

100

The man who discovered America in 1492

Christopher Columbus

100

One disease that spread through the New World, contributing to the deaths of innumerable Native Americans in the early years of colonization

Smallpox, Influenza, Bubonic Plague, Malaria

100

One of the many goals of English settlers of the New World

Money (Economic gain), religious freedom, opportunities for better lives
100

The cultural exchange from 1492 to the 1800s that spread food, animals, religion, and diseases between Europe and the Americas

The Columbian Exchange

200

Common trade item between the French and the Native Americans

Fur, Fish

200

Spanish soldiers sent by the Spanish crown to conquer and convert the Native Americans 

Conquistadors

200

The food item that supported the growth of Native American empires like the Aztecs

Maize (corn)

200

The specialty cash crop in the Chesapeake region of English colonies.

Tobacco

200

The event that led to the rise in use of slaves over indentured servants

Bacon's Rebellion

300

The term for when a group of investors shared the financial reward and risk in sending a party of colonists to the New World 

Joint-Stock Company

300

The enlightenment thinker who argued that people had natural rights, and that among them included life, liberty, and property.

John Locke

300

An enforced labor system designed to enslave Native Americans where the Spanish Crown granted conquistadors plots of Native American land and the people living there as slaves

The Encomienda System

300

The term used in the Great Awakening for colonists becoming stronger followers of the English protestant church. Also used as a meaning for making something more English

Anglicization

300

A European movement that emphasized rational thinking over tradition and religious revelation 

The Enlightenment

400

The group of people that conquered Constantinople in 1453, prompting European powers to search for new trade routes.

The Ottoman Empire (Muslims)

400

The Native American Empire that infamously fell to Spain despite tremendous man advantage.

Aztecs (Capital city of Tenochtitlan)

400

The religion of the Native Americans, and the religion of the Spanish

Animist (polytheistic), Catholic 
400

The term for the British ignorance of American self-government so long as they received money

Salutary neglect

400

Religious revival movement that swept through the colonies creating an intense Christian devotion

The Great Awakening

500

A period in which a wealthy class emerged in the colonies, resulting in colonists buying more and forming a culture of status being based on wealth instead of family.

Consumer Revolution

500

The Enlightenment thinker that argued for multiple government bodies that would checks and balance each other

Montesquieu

500

The highest group, and the lowest group in the Spanish Caste

Peninsulares (Pure Spanish born in Spain), Enslaved Persons

500

The act of seizing men living in the colonies and forcing them to serve in the British royal navy

Impressment

500
Slave rebellion in the South Carolina where a group of slaves usurped their owners, stole their weapons, and gathered more followers as they traveled down the Stono river, before being inevitably defeated

Stono Rebellion

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