Motives For Exploration
Dutch and English settlers came to the new world seeking this (2 words)
Religious Freedom
Hernando De Soto was sent by King Charles V of Spain to conquer what modern day state in search of gold?
Florida
This was the first PERMANENT British settlement in the New World
Jamestown
In this year, the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown.
1619
This individual nailed his 95 thesis to the door of the Catholic Church, thus kicking off the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
The major motive for exploration was a Christian Reform movement, meant to reform the Catholic Church (2 words)
Protestant Reformation
Samuel De Champlain founded this major settlement - the first permanent French settlement in North America
Quebec
Unlike in Massachusetts, citizenship in this colony was based on land ownership, not religion
Connecticut
This is the name for the first colonial rebellion against royal control (2 words)
Bacon's Rebellion
This was the first British settlement in the New World. The settlers of this colony disappeared and were never found.
Roanoke
European nations were searching for this in order to find a faster trade route with Asia (2 words)
Northwest Passage
This French explorer wanted to reach the Gulf of Mexico by traveling down the Mississippi River
Robert La Salle
Georgia was established as a place for English (blank) to go and serve their sentences.
Debtors
Metacom, the Native American leader who launched a united assault on colonial towns, is commonly referred to as this name:
King Phillip
Maine remained a part of this state until 1820, when it became the 23rd state
Massachusetts
This is the economic theory that states that a nations power comes from it's wealth
Mercantilism
Henry Hudson
This individual established the colony of Pennsylvania as a “Holy Experiment,” a place without a landowning aristocracy where every male settler received 50 acres and the right to vote.
William Penn
Unlike the economies of the north which were based on industry and trade, the economy in the southern colonies was built on what?
Farming/Agriculture
England became powerful enough to claim 13 colonies by defeating this military force (2 words)
Spanish Armada
What was the most negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease
This English explorer claimed land from present-day North Carolina to Maine and named it Virginia, in honor of Queen Elizabeth.
Sir Walter Raleigh
This individual founded the colony of Maryland (2 words)
Lord Baltimore
This was the first major cash crop in the Colonies
Tobacco
This was the first written constitution in North America
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT