Vocab
_________ is the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
an agreement in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom
Magan Carta
This group of colonies had small farms and also had ship building industry
New England Colonies
The Native Americans built towns with sturdy log frames. Men would burn the land so that women could farm it
Eastern Woodland
This is the first permanet Enlish colony in North America
Jamestown
French fur trappers who learned many skills from the American Indians with whom they worked and lived
an act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch's power by giving certain powers to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens
English Bill of Rights
These colonies had slaves and large plantations focused mainly on cash crops
Southern Colonies
These Native Americans depended on Salmon for a lot of their food
California
This colony was the first attempt to colonize North America
Roanoke
a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit
Cash Crop
a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
Great Awakening
The original settlers to this group of colonies were Puritans
New England
These Native Americans had no access to wood so they built homes, or mesas, out of earth
Southwest
French colonies in North America were focused on what economic activity
Animal furs and pelts
a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
charter
the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom
Parliament
This group of colonies had people from other places than Britian, such as Germany and Ireland
Middle Colonies
This cultural region of Native Americans built wood settlements on thin beaches. They would hunt seals, deer and moose
Northwest Coast
What country was the first one to colonize the city that would become known as New York
Bonus: what was this city called before it was called New York
Netherlans
Bonus: New Amsterdam
an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas
Mayflower Compact
Democratic is relating to a form of government where people have the power to rule ____.
Themselves
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York are all in thise group of colonies
Middle Colonies
This Native American group hunted bison and used their skin to make tepees
Great Plain
Which Native American helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth by teaching them to plant crops?
Squanto