Early Colonization
Which European empire controlled most of the early territory in North America in the 1500s?
Spain
Which religious group sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620?
The Pilgrims
What term describes the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean?
The Middle Passage
What is a “pull factor” in migration?
A reason that attracts people to move to a new country
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607?
Jamestown
What colony was founded by the Pilgrims after arriving in North America?
Plymouth Colony
Which trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
The Triangular Trade
Which system gave land to settlers who paid for the passage of indentured servants?
The Headright System
Which English company financed the Jamestown colony?
The Virginia Company
Which larger religious group later established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?
The Puritans
Approximately how many Africans were transported to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade?
Around 12 million
What type of labor system involved Europeans working for several years to pay for their journey to America?
Indentured servitude
What cash crop helped Jamestown survive economically?
Tobacco
What was the main reason many Puritans migrated to North America?
To gain religious freedom and create a “pure” Christian society
In which year did the first recorded enslaved Africans arrive in the English colonies (Virginia)?
1619
Name one economic pull factor that attracted European settlers to North America.
Land or economic opportunities