Christopher Columbus
What was Columbus's goal?
Sail west across the Atlantic to India
Jamestown settlers directed most of their energy toward searching for______.
gold and other resources
What were the 4 colonies?
New England, Chesapeake, Middle, Southern
Who were the real combatants of the French and Indian war?
French and Great Britain
What is the Great Awakening?
A religious movement that swept through the colonies
what is the trading of ideas and new crops from Europe to the Americas?
Columbian Exchange
What were the three major "cash crops" grown in the southern colonies?
Tobacco, rice, indigo
What side was the Native Americans on?
The French
How was Thomas Jefferson affected by the Enlightenment?
He reasoned that human beings are born with natural rights that governments must respect
Name 4 things that were being exported from the Americas to Europe?
corn, potatoes, cacao beans, tobacco
What happened to the colonist of Jamestown?
Many died of contaminated river water and hunger
What was the relationship like between the Natives and the New England colonies?
Bad relationship because the puritans believed that the land was theirs and violently kicked out the Natives.
The law that prohibited British settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains is known as the
Proclamation of 1763
What did the Great Awakening restore and challenge?
Restored = colonists Christian religious faith
challenged = authority of established churches
What did Bartolome de las casas write about?
the brutal treatment of natives by the Conquistadors
When signing an indenture contract, Indentured servants immediately receive...
a free passage to North America and shelter
Who won the war and what did they acquire?
The British won and acquired all land east of the Mississippi river
what did Jonathan Edward preach to his parishioners?
It was not enough for people simply to come to church. To be saved, they must feel their sinfulness and feel God's love for them
What did Columbus name the new island he had found?
San Salvador
What are joint stock companies? Give me an example.
Companies hoping to earn a profit in investing on explorers sailing to the Americas
Virginia Company
Name all 13 colonies
New Jersey (NJ), Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), Massachusetts (MA), Rhode Island (RI), Connecticut (CT), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), North Carolina (NC), Georgia (GA), Delaware (DE), South Carolina (SC), and New Hampshire (NH).
BONUS 100 if you can label them on a map
Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian War?
George Washington
What was Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment?
Flying a kite in a thunderstorm