Key Vocabulary
European Explorers
Early Colonies
13 Colonies
100

To travel around the world

What is circumnavigate? 

100

He is given credit for being the first European explorer to find the "New World" 

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

This was the first SUCCESSFUL European colony in the New World.

What is Jamestown?

100

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut & New Hampshire 

What are the New England Colonies?

200

The trading of slaves and goods between the American Colonies, Europe and Africa

What is the triangular trade?

200

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

200

This colony was settled by Puritan pilgrims in 1620. 

What is Plymouth?

200
The colonial region with the most diverse population, including Quakers in Pennsylvania 

What are the Middle Colonies?

300

The journey of slaves from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to the American Colonies. 

What is the Middle Passage?

300

Hernan Cortes conquered this Ancient civilization. 

Who are the Aztecs?
300

This is the location of the Jamestown colony.

What is Virginia?

300
The geography of this region was harsh long winters, rocky soil and very mountainous 

What are the New England Colonies?

400

English colonies formed on charters from the King / Semi-independently governed

What is a proprietary colony? 

400

This explorer went on 4 voyages in search of the Northwest passage.

Who is Henry Hudson?

400

The Puritan Pilgrims traveled to the New World on this boat.

What is the Mayflower?

400
Some crops grown in these colonies were cotton, sugar, tobacco, rice and indigo

What are the Southern Colonies?

500

The background knowledge of a historical event 

What is Historical Context?
500

Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for this mythical object?

What is the Fountain of Youth?

500

This was the FIRST colony in the New World that disappeared mysteriously. 

What is the Roanoke colony? 

500

This area was mostly settled by the French and Spanish.

What is the backcountry?

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