Spain Builds an American Empire
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail west across which ocean, in search of a trade route to Asia and its riches?
The Atlantic
What was a basic difference between French and English attitudes about the land they acquired in North America?
The English wanted to farm, and the French wanted to take part in the fur trade.
Which nations/countries started bringing slaves to the Americas first?
Spain and Portugal
The joint-stock company of the 1500s and 1600s was very similar to today's
Corporations
What was the Main economic activity in New France
Building fur trading
The purpose of Christopher Columbus’s second voyage to the Americas was to establish colonies on the islands of the Caribbean for which nation?
Spain
What was the main result of the French and Indian War?
The British controlled most of the eastern half of North America and went deep into debt.
What are some reasons that Africans were considered ideal laborers for the plantations and mines of the European colonists in the Americas?
Many Africans had built up immunity to some European diseases. Used to farming (or had agricultural skills), little chance of escape.
Capitalism is an economic system based on ________ ownership of property and the investment of wealth to earn profit
Private
What was the economic impact on the British of the "Seven Years War"?
Increased National Debt forced British Empire to raise taxes on colonies
Who marched his force of about 600 men through Mexico to conquer- the Aztec Empire
Hernado Cortes
The Pilgrim settlers who founded Plymouth were mainly interested in what?
Religious Freedom
What are three nations, continents, or regions that were an essential part of the triangle trade network?
North American, New England, Northern Colonies, or southern colonies, West Indies or Caribbean Islands, England or Europe, Africa or West Africa.
Most European joint-stock companies of the 1500s and 1600s were founded for the purpose of ____________
Founding Colonies
What were the diseases involved in the Columbian Exchange?
Syphilis (America) Small Pox, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps, Typhoid, diphtheria
What were Spanish explorers who conquered and colonized areas of what are now Mexico, South America, and the United States called?
conquistadors
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
What are some of the goods that were essential to the triangle trade network?
Sugar, coffee, tobacco, slaves, rum, molasses, furs, gold, firearms, gum, cotton.
As part of the Columbian Exchange, corn and potatoes were carried east across which ocean?
the Atlantic
Why did the French have less conflict with the Native Americans?
More respect for the land, traded with them for furs, were not establishing colonies or using the land for farming.
Why were most of the Spanish explorers drawn to the Americas?
Lured by gold, silver, and land
What may have been one reason the English eventually beat the French in North America?
English had more settlers
What are some ways in which slavery in Africa and Muslim societies was different from slavery in America?
Slaves had legal rights, opportunities, occupy positions of power, could escape slavery through many legal means.
According to mercantilism, a favorable balance of trade results from what?
When the value of the goods they export exceeds the value of the goods they import.