People
In 1623 this "pathetic settler" in Virginia wrote a letter home describing hunger and harsh conditions.
Who was Richard Frethorne?
This Southwest group resisted Spanish colonization in a 1680 revolt.
Who were Pueblos?
Christopher Columbus landed on this island after his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
What was Hispaniola?
The Gaspesian Indian criticized the French for their reliance on this particular type of fish?
What is cod?
This system of exchange focused on mutual obligation and diplomacy rather than profits.
What is reciprocity?
This Wampanoag leader violently opposed Puritan expansion in Massachusetts.
Who was Metacom or King Phillip?
This 17th-century group fled from England to North American in search of religious freedom.
Who were the Puritans?
This major Mississippian city near present-day St. Louis thrived on trade networks and was built on mounds.
What was Cahokia?
Native communities called the combination of corn, beans, and squash this name.
What are the Three Sisters?
This web of relations bound people together, and its absence could mean one was a slave in some cultures.
What is kinship?
This English geographer convinced Queen Elizabeth I to begin colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
Who was Richard Hakluyt?
These people would sign contracts of labor for a set amount of time in exchange for land.
Who were indentured servants?
When John White returned here in 1590, he found this colony deserted, with only the word “Croatoan” carved into a post.
What was Roanoke?
This plant, with its addictive qualities, quickly became a staple commodity in Virginia.
What is tobacco?
Virginian planters diverged from English custom as they enacted racial laws to change this form of bound labor.
What is slavery?
This French navigator explored the St. Lawrence River in the 1530s, laying the foundation for France’s claims to Canada.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
This Native community welcomed diplomacy with the French as a way of increasing their own power in the Arkansas River Valley.
Who were Quapaws?
Mary Webster survived a failed execution after being accused of witchcraft in this Massachusetts town.
What was Hadley?
In contrast to Native land use, English colonists used this to enclose and separate their fields.
What are fences?
Many Native communities were organized through this system of identity and inheritance.
What is matrilineality?
This formerly enslaved African in 17th-century Virginia gained freedom, acquired land, and even owned a slave before racial slavery hardened into law.
Who was Anthony Johnson?
These Spanish men worked to reclaim a particular castle, town, or region, in return for title and a part of the profits.
Who were Adelantos?
This Florida city, the oldest Euro-American settlement in North America, was first built to protect Spanish ships transporting gold and silver to Europe.
What was St. Augustine?
Native communities used this type of resource management to ensure vibrant eco-systems by encouraging new growth that would attract wild game.
What are controlled fires?
In order to expand their holdings, English colonists used the perceived lack of Native land use as justification for this process.
What is land dispossession?