Exploration
Which country is credited as the first to explore the oceans in the 15th century?
Portugal
The winter of 1609-1610 at Jamestown was known as the ...?
Starving Time
The Pilgrims were helped by this Patuxet Indian when they first arrived in 1620.
Squanto
In Mercantilism, colonies existed to provide these to the "mother country."
Raw resources
Virginia was named for which English monarch?
Elizabeth I
Spanish explorers treated the natives brutally, a problem written about by this Dominican friar.
Bartolome de Las Casas
This cash crop led to Virginia becoming a successful colony.
Tobacco
Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after he was banished for this religious idea.
Religious toleration
In this geometry-related name for trade, manufactured goods from Britain would be sent to Africa in exchange for slaves, who would then be traded for sugar, tobacco, and other goods in the Americas.
Triangular Trade
The bloodless Glorious Revolution of 1688 saw the crowning of this daughter of James II and this Dutch prince as English co-monarchs.
William and Mary
What were the French and British looking for when they explored North America?
Northwest Passage
The Carolinas relied on rice and this cloth dye as cash crops.
Indigo
Plymouth colony would be absorbed by the larger, more successful colony founded by Purtians and governed out of Boston.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Pennsylvania was seen as a good destination for settlers because it had a lot of toleration and this, mainly due to it being settled later than other colonies.
Land available for farming
Maryland was originally founded by the Calvert family as a haven for this Christian group.
Catholics
What treaty divided land claims between Portugal and Spain?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Poor Europeans who couldn't afford the journey to America would work off their debt for a period of 4 to 7 years as one of these laborers.
Indentured servants
Adult men aboard the Pilgrims' ship signed this agreement on how to govern the new Plymouth Colony before landing.
Mayflower Compact
African slaves were brought to the Americas aboard ships via this journey
Middle Passage
William Penn was this Christian faith that emphasized peace and non-violence.
Religious Society of Friends, or "Quakers"
This explorer had two bodies of water named for him, which he explored while sailing for the Dutch, and later the English.
Henry Hudson
African slaves were first brought to Jamestown in this year.
1619
The Pilgrims and Puritans were more radical believers of this Christian church.
Church of England or Anglican Church
Colonists upset with British control over trade would engage in this illegal activity to make more money.
Smuggling
New York City was originally known by this Dutch name.
New Amsterdam