New World before Columbus
Portuguese, Spanish, and French
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies and General Developments
100
About 5,000 B.C., this began in the New World.
farming
100
The three continents Europeans knew about in 1450 A.D.
Europe, Asia, and Africa
100

The threats of disease and escape prevented Virginians from relying on this source of labor.

Native Americans

100
He was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay for favoring separatism, religious liberty, and better treatment of Indians.
Roger Williams
100
Women originally enjoyed greater rights in this middle colony.

New Netherland (later New York)

200
This people used quipu for record-keeping.
Inca
200
The focus of the Portuguese after going around the southern tip of Africa.
trade
200
He helped to bring discipline to Jamestown and to obtain food from the Indians.
John Smith
200
Image used by Puritans indicating their intention to be an example to other Christians.
city on a hill
200
This colony was more prosperous than New England because it had better soil, bigger farms, and a longer growing season.
Pennsylvania
300
The Anasazi people built these.
adobe pueblo
300
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world between these two nations.
Spain, Portugal
300
The two main motivations for English settlement in the New World.
financial profit, religious freedom
300
Dominant class in New England.
middle class
300
Term for the transport of African slaves to the New World.
Middle Passage
400
Unlike Europeans, Native Americans originally lacked this idea – later a source of major conflicts.
private land ownership
400
He conquered the Incas and discovered a major source of silver.
Pizarro
400
This colony was founded as a military buffer zone and a social experiment – no slaves or alcohol.
Georgia
400
Two major trade goods of New England.
fish and timber
400
The reason King Charles II granted William Penn a colony.
to repay a debt
500
Rather than building permanent constructions, these people lived in wigwams and long houses.
Algonquians
500
This Spanish province was intended as a buffer zone.
New Mexico
500
The two major cash crops of Carolina.
rice and indigo
500
In New England, settlers established these – centered on a church and engaged in self-government.
township
500
These were growing in political power in the late colonial period.
colonial assemblies
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