This was the theme of the New England colonies.
Religion
The belief in one god
Monotheism
Most of Latin America was colonized by this European country
Spain
The new race that was created when Spanish colonizers began interbreeding with Indigenous Aztec
Mexican
The name for the journey that slave ships took from West Africa to the Americas
Middle Passage
The dominant religion of the New England colonies
What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he accidentally "found" the Americas?
a new trade route to India
The first English Colony in North America
Jamestown
The religion that most European colonizers forced the indigenous people of the Americas to convert to
Christianity
The Triangle Trade brought primarily these kinds of products from the Americas → Europe
Raw goods
The 13 colonies were founded by
England
what were the 3 "G" motivations for European exploration?
God, Gold, Glory
Fur Trade
What was the biggest effect of colonization on the Indigenous populations of the Americas
death from disease (ex: smallpox)
The types of goods traded from Europe to Africa in the Triangular Trade
Manufactured goods (guns, cloth, alcohol)
The religion of most of the Indigenous Societies
Europeans began long-distance ocean expeditions to find trade routes that weren’t blocked by this empire
Ottoman
The main reason English Colonists were not getting along with the Native Americans
English stealing their land
This was the labor system put in place by the Spanish that forced Native people to work on colonial farms
Encomienda System
These were the 2 biggest crops exported to Europe from North America
Tobacco & Cotton
Why did people move to the 13 colonies?
Religious freedom and economic opportinities
The first European country to prove that a water route to India was possible (hint: they also colonized Brazil)
Portugal
The modern-day country that began as a Portuguese Colony
Brazil
The lasting cultural impact of European races/cultures colonizing the Indigenous
new mixed races & new cultures
This was the biggest agricultural product exported from South America & the Caribbean
Sugar