Exploration
What were three reasons for European exploration?
Gold, Glory, God
Which group colonized New York first?
The Dutch
What were the three sections of the English colonies called?
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
What was the Mayflower Compact?
The first document in which American colonists claimed a right to govern themselves
What crop led Jamestown out of its depression?
Tobacco
Who is credited with discovering the New World?
Christopher Columbus
How did the Spanish treat the Natives in their new colonies?
Treated them terribly, killed, made them slaves
Which of the sections of the English colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies?
The Middle Colonies
What was the Viriginia House of Burgesses?
Virginia's first law making body
What was the TransAtlantic Slave Trade?
Triangular route from Europe to Africa and to the Americas where natural resources, slaves, and manufactured foods were traded
What are Spanish explorers/conquerors called?
Conquistadors
How did the French treat the Natives in their colonies?
Treated them as business partners for the fur trade
Name the 4 New England Colonies
Massachussetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?
Puritans were afraid of the Devil and turned on eachother and accused on another of being witches
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of ideas, products, and people between the New World and the Old World
Who is credited for discovering New York?
Henry Hudson
What was the first permanent settlement by the English in the New World?
Jamestown, VA
Name the 4 Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, and Delaware
Why was the Maryland colony founded?
For Catholics
What was the Middle Passage?
The stage of the Atlantic Slave Trade where enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas
Which explorer is credited with defeating the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortez
Why did Jamestown barely survive its first year in the New World?
Diseases and people refused to work
Name the 5 Southern Colonies
South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia
Why was the Georgia colony founded?
For debtors/prisoners
Which section of colonies had the most educated children?
New England Colonies