Voyages of Discovery
He sailed west in 1492 and landed in the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What is mercantilism?
This was the first permanent English colony.
What is Jamestown?
This is the reason many settlers came to the colonies.
What is religious freedom?
The name of the back-and-forth of goods between Europe and the Americas after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This crop helped Jamestown make money.
What is tobacco?
This agreement was signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 for self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This was the name of the "House" of Virginia's first elected assembly.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This country is where Hernan Cortes is from.
What is Spain?
They were sent from Africa to the Americas in the Triangular Trade.
Who are enslaved people?
This region was known for shipbuilding and fishing.
What are the New England colonies?
He believed in natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
The name of the passage European explorers were hoping to find across North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This term describes goods going out of a country.
What are exports?
This region was known for its large plantations and enslaved labor.
What are the Southern colonies?
This is what Enlightenment thinkers thought people should use to make decisions, rather than always their faith.
What is reason?