Spanish colonization and New Spain
1st Fr, Dutch and England colonies
Middle and southern colonies
Colonial society
Colonial trade and gov
100

3 reasons the Spanish came to the Americas?

God/spread Christianity, Gold/wealth, Glory/adventure

100

The first French colonists in N. America were mostly interested in what? 

fishing, trapping, trading 

100

Why was Jamestown a good location/ bad location to colonize?

Good - Spanish couldn't see them

Bad - swampy, mosquitoes, malaria

100

The Quakers believed what?

all people are equal in God's eyes

100

Why were slaves introduced to the Americas?

better able to grow the crops the Spanish desired

200

What was the most significant factor in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas?

1. diseases


others:armor, guns, horses

200

Bacon's rebellion?

Colonists against the government. 

200

Mayflower compact?

Pilgrims were made aware that they needed to make their own gov. 

200

Colonies brought music from Europe.

Enslaved Africans brought musical traditions with them. 


How did they influence the colonies?

They both influenced the American religious music

200

House of Burgesses?

Allows voters to elect representatives to make laws

300

Who are at the top of the social class?


Gentry - land owners. men.

300

Roanoke and Jamestown


Lost colony - King James 1, 1st settlement.

300

Where did New Jersey originate from?

NY to New Jersey 

Duke of York gave the land to friends to create colonies to make it more easily to manage instead of one large NY colony

300

Great awakening inventions?

Ben Franklin - glasses

300

Mercantilism is?

exporting > importing

400

What was Cortez's interaction with Moctezuma?

Moctezuma thought they were gods, and greeted them nicely

400

define indentured servants

A person owing money and paying with work

400

Compare Tidewater to Back country

Environmental characteristics

400

The Great Awakening encouraged what?

development of self-rule; reason; opinions

400

What did the Bill of Rights do?

protect colonists

500

Fill in:

1. Peninsulares - 

2.               - European parents, raised in the US

3. Mestizo - 

4. Indio - 

1. Born and raised in Europe

2. Criollo

3. mix 

4. 100 native

500

Jamestown growth?

Women, slaves, indentured servants

500

Increase of Africans came from?

the development of plantations

500
Colleges were created to educate who?

ministers

500

Most valuable product in the Americas

enslaved africans

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