Exploration & Motivations
Historians call Gold, God, and this third word the "3 G's of Exploration."
What is Glory? [Notebook p.7]
This is the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World and the Old World.
What is the Columbian Exchange? [Notebook p.9]
England's first attempt at a colony, off the coast of present-day North Carolina, is known as the "lost colony."
What is Roanoke? [Notebook p.15]
The Pilgrims sailed on this ship and were blown off course to Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower? [Notebook p.17]
Rocky land, a short growing season, and a living made from fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding describe this region.
What is New England? [Notebook p.21]
This country financed Christopher Columbus's expedition.
What is Spain? [Notebook p.5]
This is a large farm in a warm climate that specializes in growing cash crops such as tobacco and sugarcane.
What is a plantation? [Notebook p.8]
This governor sailed back to England for supplies and returned three years later to find every colonist gone.
Who is John White? [Notebook p.15]
This was the first agreement for self-government in America, allowing voting rights to all men.
What is the Mayflower Compact? [Notebook p.17]
Fertile soil and a lot of food production earned this region the nickname "the breadbasket."
What is the Middle Region? [Notebook p.22]
Spanish explorers promised riches who took control of Native lands, with the crown asking for one-fifth of all wealth found.
Who were the conquistadors? [Notebook p.6]
This Spanish priest suggested replacing Native workers with enslaved Africans.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casas? [Notebook p.8]
This captain took control of Jamestown and traded with local Natives for food.
Who is Captain John Smith? [Notebook p.16]
This group wanted to purify the Church of England and base its laws on the Bible.
Who were the Puritans? [Notebook p.18]
A long growing season, plantations growing cash crops, and a large slave population describe this region.
What is the Southern Region? [Notebook p.23]
This conquistador is best known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico for Spain.
Who is Hernán Cortés? [Notebook p.6]
In this three-way system of trade, Africa, Europe, and the Americas each provided goods the others needed.
What is the Triangular Trade? [Notebook p.10]
This joint-stock company, with investors owning shares, settled Jamestown.
What is the Virginia Company? [Notebook p.16]
This pacifist group believed in equality for everyone, and its founder, William Penn, founded Pennsylvania.
Who were the Quakers? [Notebook p.19]
In the Middle Region, this type of colony was gifted by the king and controlled by a noble from England, leaving settlers little say.
What is a proprietary colony? [Notebook p.22]
Along with guns and steel, this unseen European "advantage" wiped out Native populations because they lacked immunity.
What is disease (smallpox)? [Notebook pp.6, 8]
This part of the Triangular Trade was a voyage of three to four months with up to 600 enslaved Africans chained on a single ship.
What is the Middle Passage? [Notebook p.11]
In the winter of 1609-1610, about two-thirds of Jamestown died during this period.
What is the "Starving Time"? [Notebook p.16]
This outbreak of witchcraft accusations by Puritans led to the accusation of hundreds and the execution of twenty.
What are the Salem Witch Trials? [Notebook p.18]
In the Southern Region, this type of colony was under the direct control of the king and run by a governor from England.
What is a royal colony? [Notebook p.23]