Vocabulary
Large Farms that specialize in producing cash crops
What is a Plantation?
to speak for someone
What is to represent?
was the first nation to start colonies in the Americas
What is Spain?
New Netherland was later known as
What is New York and New Jersey?
the leader of the Pilgrims that established Plymouth
Who was William Bradford?
holding people against their will and making them work without pay
What is slavery?
a colony ruled by a king
What is a royal colony?
one purpose of the missions started by Spain
What is To convert Native Americans to Christianity?
claimed the Mississippi River valley for France
Who was LaSalle?
the English ruler mentioned in the Mayflower Compact
Who was King James?
a resource that can be used to make a product
What is a raw material?
a colony owned by one person or family
What is a Proprietary Colony?
a crop that helped the Virginia Colony make huge profits
What is tobacco?
Company that established Jamestown
What is the Virginia Company?
significance of Jamestown
What is the first permanent English colony?
a crop that people grow to sell
What is a cash crop?
the amount of something that is for sale
What is Supply?
An advantage of the Pilgrims building their settlement on a bay
What is easy shipping and trading?
New Amsterdam later renamed
What is New York?
reason was Jamestown considered a poor choice for a settlement
The land was swampy and not good for farming
Lawmaking branch of government
What is a Legislature?
the desire or willingness of someone to buy something
What is a demand?
taught the first colonists how to farm and fish
Who is Tisquantum?
Established Quebec
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
A Pilgrim
Who is a person who makes a journey for religious reasons?