People
Hernán Cortés
Which famous Conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico?
The Great Awakening
What was the wave of religious revivals and conversions that swept across the colonies during the 1840s?
The Columbian Exchange
What is the name given to the flow of people, plants, animals, and diseases between the New World, Europe, and Africa?
Mayflower Compact
What is the name of the agreement written in 1620 when the Pilgrims reached America that granted political rights to all male colonists who abided by the law?
1607
What year was Jamestown established?
General Edward Braddock
Which British general in the French and Indian War tried to capture the French fort at modern day Pittsburgh (Fort DuQuesne) in 1755 and failed?
Freedom of Religion
This political idea encouraged multiple religions to settle the British Colonies:
Quakers/Shakers
The Society of Friends which was founded in Pennsylvania was also known by this name?
Treaty of Paris
What treaty in 1763 officially ended the French and Indian War and gave all of French Canada and Spanish Florida to Britain?
Roanoke Island
Where did Sir Walter Raleigh try to start a colony, beginning in 1585?
Anne Hutchinson
Who challenged Puritan beliefs and asserted her right to publicly speak out?
To expand trade with the non-Christian world
What was the major reason that western Europe engaged in explorations in the fifteenth century?
Indentured servants
People who labored for a fixed period of time (usually four to seven years), most often agreed to in exchange for passage to the colonies:
Proclamation Line of 1763
What is the name given to the boundary that Britain established in the Appalachian Mountains, to the west of which white settlement was banned?
1619
What year did the first slave ship arrive in the Americas?
John Winthrop
Who hoped to create a “perfect” community in the New World, someone who famously wrote the phrase: “city upon a hill?”
To convert Native Americans to the Catholic faith
What is a defining characteristic of the Spanish drive to settle the New World?
Mercantilism
An economic system in which the rules are set up to enrich the mother country through colonies.
The Intolerable Acts
What acts did Britain create to punish Massachusetts in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Bacon’s Rebellion
In which rebellion did farmers oppose policies that favored wealthy planters and protected Indian tribes engaged in the fur trade?
Bartolome de las Casas
Which Spanish landowner was a famous opponent of Spain’s brutal exploitation of Native Americans?
John Winthrop
Who hoped to create a “perfect” Christian community in the New World, someone who famously wrote the phrase: “city upon a hill?”
The encomienda system
What is the name for how the Spanish in the New World organized and exploited Native American labor?
The Stamp Act
Which British tax took effect in 1765 caused a wave of opposition from the colonies?
Stono Rebellion
What slave rebellion that took place in 1739 caused the South Carolina colony to pass much harsher laws governing the movement and capture of slaves?