Native Americans
The indigenous empire based in modern-day Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
The person who "discovered" the Americas for Europe in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The main resource the Spanish desired in conquering the Americas
The first British colony in the United States.
What is Jamestown?
This colonial region had the highest number of slaves due to high demand for cheap labor thanks to a good climate for cash crops.
What is the South?
This house of the Iroquois people was made of wood, housed many families, and had large storage rooms for grain.
What is the longhouse?
It killed 90 to 95% of all Native Americans.
What is disease?
The main export of Africa in the Triangular trade
The main reason Plymouth was founded.
What is religion / religious freedom?
Somebody who worked similar conditions to slaves, but was freed after some time would likely be this.
What is an indentured servant?
Teepees were good houses for this type of lifestyle because they could be unpacked quickly.
What is nomadic?
The three motivations for European conquest.
What are Gold, God, and Glory
Tomatoes, potatoes, and tobacco were all introduced to the old world during this process.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The colonial region that relied the most on cash crops.
What is the South?
The name of someone who did all of the duties of a plantation overseer but was themself a slave.
Who is a driver?
This Southwestern tribe lived in adobe buildings and had even village elders working in agriculture.
Who are the Anasazi/Pueblo?
The rulers of Spain during Columbus's voyage
Who are Isabella and Ferdinand?
The name of the second voyage during the Triangular trade, from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
The religion of early Pennsylvania and its founder, William Penn
Who are the Quakers?
Laws that were adapted by individual colonies to further oppress slaves were called this.
What are slave codes?
The name of the theory that people first came to the Americas by boats travelling along the coast of Alaska
What is the Pacific Coastal Theory?
This is one reason why Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs with a smaller army.
What is disease / military technology
What are raw materials?
The largest war in New England history, fought in Massachusetts in 1675 between the Wampanoags and English settlers.
What is King Phillip's War?
The largest slave revolt in the Colonial South, which was able to take a storage room full of guns before later being repressed by the South Carolina militia.
What is the Stono Rebellion?