Spanish Colonization and New Spain
What were the conquistadors looking for when they came to the Americas?
gold and glory
The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on.
Mayflower
New Amsterdam was renamed ________________
New York
Why was the colony of Georgia founded?
a refuge for the poor
Name of the first successful English colony in North America
Jamestown
What did the Spanish force the Indians to do?
work in mines, on farms, and houses
The 2 groups of people who came to North America looking for religious freedom.
Pilgrims and Puritans
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
the belief that one race is superior to another
racism
Religious movement started by John Edwards and George Whitefield.
The Great Awakening
Where did the Europeans go to find slaves after they stopped using Indians as slaves?
Africa
Holiday that celebrates the Pilgrims' first successful harvest.
Thanksgiving
a colony under control of a king or queen
royal colony
crops grown in the Southern Colonies
tobacco, rice, indigo, corn, cotton
Name of the island Peter Minuit bought from the Indians.
Manhattan
What were the 4 social classes in New Spain
penninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Indians
Name at least 2 of the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Why did most people want to move from Europe to America?
True or False: At first, slavery was not allowed in Georgia
True
type of government in which people elect representatives to make laws for them.
representative government
Why were the conquistadors able to defeat the Aztecs and Incas so easily?
better weapons, Indians were afraid of Spanish soldiers, thought Spanish were gods, diseases
What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims to do?
grow crops like corn, beans, and pumpkins.
catch eels
Name at least 2 of the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Name 2 of the Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Name 2 things invented by Benjamin Franklin.
bifocal glasses, lightning rod, smokeless wood stove