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Who was the Spanish conquistador who beat the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
What colony lost all of its colonists and was left with one word "Croatoan"
Roanoke
What is a group of settlers who leave their mother country to settle in a new place?
Colony
What was an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science over tradition and religion?
The Enlightenment
Who was the King who created the Church of England after splitting from the Catholic Church?
King Henry the VIII
What was the first permanent Spanish colony and where was it located?
St. Augustine in Florida (Woodard, 23)
What is a contract that's given to someone else to establish a colony?
Charter
What was the main religious issue of the Colonial Period?
Protestantism vs. Catholicism
2 Questions:
1. Who was the Italian Explorer who was looking for India with the intent of finding gold and spices, but instead found the Americas?
2. What were his 3 goals?
1. Christopher Columbus
2. Goals: find gold, find spices, and spread Christianity.
What was the compact that established the principles of liberty and tolerance for the government of the new Plymouth Colony in the New World?
Mayflower Compact
What is the movement from one part of something to another?
Migration
What was the religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s?
The Great Awakening
What American hero played a role in the 7 Years War?
George Washington
1. What was the first permanent English Colony in the Americas
2. Who founded it?
1. Jamestown
2. Sir Walter Raleigh
What are crops produced for their commercial value rather than for use by the grower?
Cash Crops
What was the philosophical concept that suggested that people in a society implicitly agree to give up some of their individual freedoms in exchange for the protection and benefits of living within a governed community?
Social Contract
What idea do we get from the Enlightenment thinker John Locke?
"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Private Property"
What 3 places were connected in the Middle Passage?
West Africa, Caribbean, and the Americas
What is an economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to send back to their “mother country.” (Ex. Corn, Fur, Gold) Existed for the good of their mother country.
Mercantilism
What were the three regions of the economy in the New World and what were their main exports?
1. New England - Substance farming or fishing, whaling, and boats
2. Middle Colonies - Mines, Lumber, and Iron
3. Southern Colonies - Tobacco and Rice