Triangular Trade
What were the religious motives behind the age of exploration?
Wealth, and spread the Christian faith
Who put the Africans on ships in West Africa?
The Portuguese.
Why did England, France, Spain and the Netherlands all search for a Northwest Passage in North America?
They wanted to find a faster way to get to Asia than by sailing around Africa & control it to make themselves more powerful.
Which North American territory did France claim?
Center of North America, near Great Lakes & down the Mississippi
Global exploration __, which led to the Columbian Exchange.
connected people, foods, animals, and ideas across continents
What was the "Mother Country" for British North American colonists?
England
What was the Door of No Return?
When Africans walked out the doors onto the ships
What is a colony's role in Mercantilism?
supply raw materials & buy English goods
The city founded by the Dutch was named New Amsterdam. Today, what is the name of this city?
New York
How were Native Americans positively affected by the Columbian Exchange?
They used horses to travel more and for hunting.
What are raw materials?
crops that are grown before they are turned into finished goods (like tobacco, cotton, wheat, sugar, etc.)
How were enslaved peoples treated differently than indentured servants in Jamestown?
Harsher punishments, no freedoms.
What was the "mother country"?
England
European nations formed colonies in the Americas in the 1500s to increase their wealth and to
spread Christianity.
The Columbia Exchange was named after which explorer?
Christopher Columbus
What were cash crops?
growing crops for money
How long was the Middle Passage?
average of 52 days
What was the result of the late 16th-century conflict between England and Spain?
Spain lost control of the seas to England in 1588. THEN England ruled the seas & became the world's superpower!
How did France treat the Native Americans?
As equals =
The voyages of Columbus and other explorers brought together 2 parts of the world that previously had no contact: What were those 2 parts?
Eastern & Western Hemispheres
What was the religious conflict between England and Spain?
Protestantism vs. Catholicism
Slavery started in Jamestown in 1619. Until when did slavery last in America? (Specific date)
June 19, 1865 (=Juneteenth)
Which side was favored in mercantilism: Was it the mother country or the colonies?
The Mother Country
How did establishing overseas colonies positively affect the wealth of European nations in the 1500s and 1600s?
Colonies provided raw materials to the mother country who finished the goods & sent them to customers in the colonies to buy those goods. By doing so, the Mother Country profited.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
=A global trade of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that occurred during the 1500s.