Vocab
What is Jamestown?
The first permanent English settlement in North America
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Credited for discovering the new world in 1492
What is Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, minerals, people, and diseases between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
What are the 3 G’s ?
God, Gold, Glory
What native civilization is notorious for human sacrifice?
The Inca
Who were conquistadors?
Spanish explorers who wanted to conquer native people to gain land and resources.
Who was John Smith?
The founder of Jamestown
What land mamal brought over from Europe would be used for transportation and warfare?
Horses
What colonial power was motivated by expansion?
Britain
What was Pope’s rebellion?
Pueblo Natives destroyed churches and killed Spanish settlers.
What is Puritanism?
Religious ideology descending from the church of England that settled New England
Who was Powhatan?
The leader of the Powhatan confederacy
What was the most commmon form of labor in the new world?
African Slaves
What colonial power focused on spreading Christianity?
Spain
What was the encomienda system?
A Spanish labor system that gave conquistadors land and people who were located on the land.
What is Feudalism?
A system where a peasant lived and worked on noble land in exchange for protection
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Spanish leader of the successful expedition to take down the Aztec Empire in 1521
What is Smallpox?
A disease brought to the Americas by Europe that is responsible for the deaths of many natives
What colonial power focused on trade?
France
What was the largest Native civilization before colonization?
Cherokees
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
Divided land in the new world between Spain and Portugal
What did Francisco Pizarro do?
Found and concurred the Inca, taking their land, gold, silver, and goods.
What was the main material that colonial powers wanted from the new world?
Silver and Gold
What was the passage the first people took to get to the Americas?
Bering land bridge
What was the Iroquiois Confederacy?
A group of Natives made up of the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, and Cayuga.