Colonial Economy
Economic system between Africa, the American colonies, and Europe that resulted in the exchange of goods and people across the Atlantic Ocean
Triangle Trade (Trans-Atlantic Trade)
The man who discovered America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
One disease that spread through the New World, contributing to the deaths of innumerable Native Americans in the early years of colonization
Smallpox, Influenza, Bubonic Plague, Malaria
One of the many goals of English settlers of the New World
The cultural exchange from 1492 to the 1800s that spread food, animals, religion, and diseases between Europe and the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
Common trade item between the French and the Native Americans
Fur, Fish
Spanish soldiers sent by the Spanish crown to conquer and convert the Native Americans
Conquistadors
The food item that supported the growth of Native American empires like the Aztecs
Maize (corn)
The specialty cash crop in the Chesapeake region of English colonies.
Tobacco
The event that led to the rise in use of slaves over indentured servants
Bacon's Rebellion
The term for when a group of investors shared the financial reward and risk in sending a party of colonists to the New World
Joint-Stock Company
The enlightenment thinker who argued that people had natural rights, and that among them included life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
An enforced labor system designed to enslave Native Americans where the Spanish Crown granted conquistadors plots of Native American land and the people living there as slaves
The Encomienda System
The term used in the Great Awakening for colonists becoming stronger followers of the English protestant church. Also used as a meaning for making something more English
Anglicization
A European movement that emphasized rational thinking over tradition and religious revelation
The Enlightenment
The group of people that conquered Constantinople in 1453, prompting European powers to search for new trade routes.
The Ottoman Empire (Muslims)
The Native American Empire that infamously fell to Spain despite tremendous man advantage.
Aztecs (Capital city of Tenochtitlan)
The religion of the Native Americans, and the religion of the Spanish
The term for the British ignorance of American self-government so long as they received money
Salutary neglect
Religious revival movement that swept through the colonies creating an intense Christian devotion
The Great Awakening
A period in which a wealthy class emerged in the colonies, resulting in colonists buying more and forming a culture of status being based on wealth instead of family.
Consumer Revolution
The Enlightenment thinker that argued for multiple government bodies that would checks and balance each other
Montesquieu
The highest group, and the lowest group in the Spanish Caste
Peninsulares (Pure Spanish born in Spain), Enslaved Persons
The act of seizing men living in the colonies and forcing them to serve in the British royal navy
Impressment
Stono Rebellion