Chapter 1
What was the name of the land bridge historians believed the first people in the Americas crossed to arrive here?
Berengia
Plantations
Why did colonists come to the New World? (we spoke of 2 reasons in class, I will accept one of the 2)
Economic Opportunity and Religious Freedom
The name of the colonial region located west of the Appalachian Mountains
Backcountry
Someone who learns a trade from a craftsman
Apprentice
About how long ago do historians believe the first people crossed Berengia?
12,000 years
Holding a person in captivity for labor
Slavery
Name of of the colonies we spoke about in class.
Jamestown, Roanoke, Massachusetts Bay, etc.
Producing enough crops for themselves, little extra to trade
Subsistence Farming
What ended the French and Indian War
The process of bringing water to crops
Irrigation
What are Conquistadors?
Spanish soldiers
A person who sells their labor to person who pays their passage to the New World
Indentured Servant
Importing or exporting goods illegally
Smuggling
The final war in the Seven Years War
French and Indian War
Followers of the Islam Religion
Muslim
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.
Middle Passage
The number of people found guilty and killed for being witches.
20
The most diverse of the 4 colonial regions
Middle colonies
England's chief law making body
Parliment
Use of tools and knowledge to meet human needs
Technology
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
The name of a colony that is ruled by a king appointed governor.
Royal Colony
What did colonists use to crush grain in order to make flour?
Gristmills
In this rebellion Native Americans attacked and destroyed English Forts. This event led to the Proclamation of 1763.
Pontiac's Rebellion