European Settlements
First country to colonize the Americas
Spanish
The shape of the trade route across the Atlantic ocean connecting different continents
Triangle
Name one aspect of the National American deam
Can be many answers
The name of the system that traded kidnapped humans with goods in Europe and forced them into slavery in the Americas
Transatlantic Slave Trade
The colony referred to as "The Lost Colony"
Roanoke
The term for the area in the middle colonies that blocked the Southern English colonies from the Northern English colonies
The Dutch Wedge
The economic theory that trade with profitable balances generates wealth
Mercantilism
Wealth
Which group of colonies (north, middle, south) had the most people enslaved
Southern colonies
Tobacco
The nationality of colonizers that was believed to be the most brutal towards the Indigenous population
Spanish
The product that drove French and Dutch trade with Native Americans
Fur
Explain what it means for the American dream to be Paradoxical
Answers vary
Slaves brought to the colonies were initially treated similarly to this group of people
Indentured servants
The colony that was home to the Puritans
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
The name of the desired waterway that drove French and Dutch exploration of North America
The Northwest Passage
The unequal distribution of assets between residents in America
Wealth inequality
The group of people of who sought to create an society colony based off a reformed version of the Church of England
The Puritans
The term used to describe the system that permanently enslaved a group of people based off of their skin color.
Racial slavery or race based slavery
The group of people that formed the Mayflower Compact before reaching the colony
The Pilgrims
The name for the group of Native American tribes that formed an alliance due to fighting over fur the trade with French
The Iroquois Confederacy
Companies comprised of investors that paid for the voyage and goods to start a settlement.
Joint-stock companies
A difference between our Class's Dream and National dream
Pursuit of happiness
The year that Virginia passed a law to make the enslavement of people based off race legal
1705
The company that established the Jamestown settlement
The Virginia Company