Thriving Empires
Patrons and Great Poets
Aztec Empire
Why did Europeans decide to settle in the colonies?
Make money, Gain higher status in society, and own land
Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and Queen of which country?
Spain
Who believed that land was to be shared by everyone?
American Indians
Came to the New World in search of freedom
Puritans
Known for Salt, Gold and education
Songhai Empire
Where was local news shared in the colonies?
Local meeting house
The Spanish explorer who searched for gold and silver
Hernan Cortes
The colonists acquired American Indian land by negotiating, trading and
forcefully taking the land
Something found in nature
Natural Resources
Controlled the silk road: spices, silks, gold and other goods
Ottoman Empire
What was illegal in South Carolina in 1740?
Teaching enslaved Africans to read and write
Spanish explorer who explored and settled Puerto Rico, founding the colony's oldest settlement
Ponce de Leon
Colonial women couldn't have rights unless they were married to or a guardian of
a male
A crop that is grown by planters to be sold and not used for personal use
Cash Crop
Expanded trade across the colonies
Iroquois Empire
Around 20,000 people came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in the 1630's. What is this called?
The Great Migration
In 1492 this explorer sailed the ocean blue
Christopher Columbus
Who became rich by by purchasing large tracts of land and then reselling them?
Proprietors
A tax imposed on the import and export of goods between countries
Tariff
What countries that had the largest economies in the 1400's
India and China
What gave men the rights to participate in government?
Land ownership
French explorer who explored New Foundland in Canada
Jacques Cartier
Whale blubber was turned into what?
Oil for lamps
A legal Document that ensure the same rights for colonists as the citizens of England
charter