Native Americans Pre-1492
The cultivation of this crop largely sustained permanent Native American settlements throughout North America.
What is Maize?
The three G's refer to these reasons that motivated European exploration of the Western Hemisphere.
What is God, Gold, & Glory?
An economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
What is mercantilism?
The English government policy that allowed the colonies to govern themselves as long as the remain loyal to Britain.
What is Salutary Neglect?
The aftermath of this conflict, which is also referred to as Seven Years, was one of the main catalysts for the American Revolution.
What is the French & Indian War?
This society is one in which most all food is obtained from wild plants and animals by people within the society.
What is hunter-gatherer?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain supported the exploration voyage of this explorer who led a failed expedition to find a direct water route to China in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The first enslaved Africans arrived in North America at this settlement in 1619, the first permanent British settlement on the continent?
What is Jamestown, VA?
This plant was the #1 cash crop of the Southern Colonies.
What is tobacco?
This was the rallying cry of colonist who opposed British efforts to raise money to cover their debts from the French & Indian War.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
Who are the Aztecs?
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, etc. between the Old World (Africa, Europe, & Asia) & the New World (North & South America)
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Two Answers: This weapon and alcoholic beverage were traded to West Africa traders by Europeans in exchange for kidnapped & enslaved Africans.
What is Rum and Gun(s)?
The colony of Virginia elected this first legislative body in British North America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The pamphlet Common Sense was written by this man to encourage colonist to break ties with the tyrannical British monarchy.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This Native American Empire was established in what is modern day Peru and had a population of over 16 million people.
Who are the Inca?
A system in which Native Americans were forced to work on the land in which they lived that was now under the control of Spanish colonizers.
What is the Encomienda System?
The stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade.
What is the Middle Passage?
This colonial region had a consisted of a temperate climate, fertile soil, and a navigable river and harbors which allowed them to engage in both agriculture and shipping.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This movement during 17th and 18th century Europe influenced the foundations of American democracy and included ideas from philosophers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu.
What is the Enlightenment?
This Native American civilization was established in what is the modern day Northeastern U.S. and established a confederation on which the American government was largely based.
Who are the Iroquois?
This treaty negotiated by the pope established a line of demarcation that split "ownership" of newly encountered lands by the Portuguese and Spanish.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Virginia Company was an example of this type of investment group whose members combined their wealth to establish colonies in the America.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
This religious revival swept through colonial America during the 1730s and 1740s.
What is the Great Awakening?
Colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped this favorite afternoon drink of the British into the Boston Harbor in response to British taxes on the beverage.
What is Tea?