Vocabulary
This term means a water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along northern North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
He said this land was NOT Asia, giving his name to the Americas.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The first successful British colony in the New World.
Answer: What is Jamestown?
This region had rocky soil, many hills and trees, colder weather, and shipbuilding.
What are the New England Colonies
He sponsored a voyage that accidentally found the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A person who worked for a master to pay for their trip to the New World and was eventually freed.
What is an indentured servant?
These two people sponsored Columbus’ voyage.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
The second successful British colony in the New World.
What is Plymouth?
Known as the “Bread Basket” because of fertile soil and many crops.
What are the Middle Colonies
He started Pennsylvania for the Quakers.
Who is William Penn?
This group of English Protestants left England because they believed it had fallen on “evil times.”
Who were the Puritans?
Why did Europeans begin looking for direct travel routes to Asia?
What is because merchants charged extremely high prices for goods
She married John Rolfe, not John Smith.
Who is Pocahontas
This region had fertile soil, a long warm season, and cash crops like tobacco and rice.
What are the Southern Colonies
This English explorer helped Jamestown survive and mapped the region.
Who is John Smith
This theory says a nation grows in power when it grows in wealth.
What is mercantilism?
This explains why England wanted to create colonies — to get more money and power.
What is mercantilism
This colony was founded by William Penn.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colony set up the first tax-supported public schools in British North America.
What is Massachusetts
This explorer’s voyage led to the Dutch claiming land in New York.
Who is Henry Hudson?
A water trade route that explorers originally wanted to find to get directly to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage? (or could accept: What is a direct trade route to Asia?)
The first slaves in the New World were these people.
Who were Native Americans?
This colony was founded by Henry Hudson.
What is New York?
A Middle Colony known for having many minerals and a temperate climate.
What are the Middle Colonies (accept Pennsylvania, New York, or Delaware)
A group of people left England because they wanted religious freedom and a better society.
Who are the Puritans