Topic 2.2: European Colonization
This European nation wanted permanent settlements and did not want to intermingle with the Natives; Many settled on the eastern coast of the modern day US
What is the English
This was the first permanent British settlement in the Americas
What is Jamestown
This trade system featured three arms and spanned across the Atlantic connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas
What was the Triangular Trade
The one similarity that all European nations had regarding their view of the Natives
What is believing they were inferior
This continent was the source where most enslaved people were brought from to the Americas
What is Africa
This philosophical and scientific movement in Europe had a great impact on the colonies and would eventually inspire the sentiments of the American Revolution
What is the Enlightenment
This European nation started conquering and settling the Americas before anyone else; They created the encomienda system to extract resources
Who are the Spanish
This region of the 13 British colonies had several natural harbors, heavily wooded forests, and focused mainly on trade
What are the New England Colonies
This arm of the transatlantic trade network sent raw materials to be made into manufactured goods
What is the Americas to Europe
This European nation was the first to settle the Americas and subjugated the Natives while also integrating them into their society
Who are the Spanish
This type of forced labor was practiced by the English and allowed people to pay off their debts by working for a set number of years without pay
What is indentured servitude
This religious movement swept across the colonies and created a stronger sense of cultural unity across the British colonies in the early to mid 1700s
What was the Great Awakening
This European nation settled trading posts along rivers in the north and south of North America and actively intermarried with the Natives
Who are the French
This region of the 13 British colonies were built on large scale plantation agriculture and practiced slavery the most
What are the Southern Colonies
This arm of the transatlantic trade network sent manufactured goods to be traded for enslaved people
What is Europe to Africa
This European nation wanted little to do with the Natives but fought with them on several occasions on the East Coast of the modern US
Who are the English
This year marked the first time enslaved Africans were brought to the English colonies
What is 1619
This annual publication created by Benjamin Franklin was a uniquely colonial writing that helped foster a pan-colonial culture through it's witty idioms and news reports
What was Poor Richard's Almanac
This region of the 13 British colonies focused mainly on trade but also thrived on cereal grain farming inland using rivers to transport their crops
What are the Middle Colonies
This arm of the transatlantic trade network sent enslaved people to the Americas and is commonly called this
What is the Middle Passage
These two European nations sought mainly to trade with the Natives, especially their furs
Who are the French and Dutch/Netherlands
This rebellion in 1676 led to the English colonies moving away from indentured servitude and more to enslaved Africans
What was Bacon's Rebellion
This Enlightenment thinker is considered one of the most impactful thinkers on the colonists with his ideas of natural rights (life, liberty, and property)
Who is John Locke
Furs were a very popular trade commodity in the Americas for the Europeans, but this animal's fur was the most coveted by Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries
What are beavers
This region of the British colonies heavily focused on large scale plantation agriculture and were the only colonies where enslaved Africans outnumbered Europeans
What are the British West Indies/Caribbean
This new economic model that developed over the 1600s and 1700s stated that there was a finite amount of wealth on Earth and that all colonial wealth is focused on the mother country
What is mercantilism
What was King Philip's War
This form of slavery was practiced in the Americas and features enslaved people having no rights and being bought and sold off at will
What is Chattel Slavery
This idea by Jean Jacques Rousseau stated that real power in a government comes from the people and that the people give up some of that power to the government in an agreement
What is the social contract