Spanish Exploration
(Lesson 2.1)
(Lesson 2.1)
The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Main economic goal of France's colonization in North America
fur trade
What the 4 New England colonies?
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
What are the 4 Middle colonies?
What is a self-governing agreement made by the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
Spanish explorer who first circumnavigated the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
The religious group that came to North America on the Mayflower
Separatists (Pilgrims)
He believed in limited government so he settled the town of Hartford (Connecticut) and established a representative government.
Thomas Hooker
Religious group who believed all people were equal in God's eyes.
Quakers
What religious group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?
Explorer claimed Florida for Spain; was looking for Fountain of Youth
The first instance of limited self-government in the English colonies.
House of Burgesses (Virginia)
The name of the Wampanoag man who helped the Pilgrims the most
Squanto
What set Pennsylvania apart from other colonies?
Its effort to attract people of different ethnicities
Nickname given to the Middle Colonies
Breadbasket colonies - They farmed a LOT of grain
System allowed Spanish colonists to use Native Americans as laborers
Encomienda System
Why Dutch merchants decided to establish their colony in North America?
To have settlements where traders could be based
Which colony was founded by Roger Williams after he was banished from Massachusetts?
Rhode Island
A colony under direct control of the English king or queen
Royal colony
Anne Hutchinson
The 3 reasons Spanish explorers came to the Americas
God, Gold, Glory!
Colony was taken from the Dutch by the English and renamed New York
New Netherland
Name the war fought between Native Americans and settlers in the New England colonies.
King Philip's War
Colony that was initially part of Pennsylvania
Delaware
A colony where the king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment
Proprietary colony