Pre-colonization
Explorers, Expeditions and Encounters
Dutch, French and English Colonization
The Reformation and 30 years war
Important People
100

True or False

The Catholic Church did not play a large role in the politics of European Nations


False

100
In 1492, this man sailed across the ocean blue and became the first spanish funded explorer to discover the new world

Christopher Columbus

100

What was the main export from French colonies?

Fur

100

This treaty ended the 30 years war and reinstated the "whose region, whose religion" precedent.

Peace of Westphalia
100

The leader of the Aztec Empire

Montezuma

200

A cultural movement that started in Italy, sparking an age of innovation and revived interest in classical art and learning throughout Europe

The Renaissance

200

This agreement divided south america between Spain and Portugal

The Treaty of Tordesillas

200

Haiti was the most profitable colony of what country

France

200

A key invention that spread reformation ideas across europe and allowed the Bible to be translating into vernacular languages

Printing Press
200

French Explorer who founded the city of Quebec in 1608

Samuel de Champlain

300

Before and During the era of exploration/colonization most European nations were this type of government

Centralized Monarchies growing in power

300

Hernan Cortes had many advantages over the Aztecs such as military advancements, alliances with other native groups, and 

immunity to smallpox.
300

In 1625, the Dutch founded ________, which like most Dutch colonies in New England would be acquired by the British and renamed New York.

New Amsterdam

300

a compromise that recognized and allowed lutheran and catholic worship in the Holy Roman Empire 

The Peace of Augsburg

300
Founded Rhode Island and promoted religious tolerance

Roger Williams

400

What economic trend, due to its emphasis on state control of trade and wealth, was a motivation for exploration and eventual colonization

The Rise of Mercantilism

400

Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus were both trying to sail to...

India

400

The Puritan settlement in Massachusetts was primarily motivated by.....?

Religious Freedom

400

Martin Luther's _____ challenged the practice of selling indulgences in the Catholic Church

95 Theses

400

William Bradford is to Plymouth Colony as ______ is to Massachusetts Bay Colony

John Winthrop
500

How did the fall of Constantinople impact European Exploration

It Prompted European nations to seek alternative trade routes to Asia

500
Francisco Pizarro is to the Incan Empire, as Hernan Cortes is to the

Aztec Empire

500

Pennsylvania was to Quakers, as Maryland was to

Catholics

500

Why was it odd that France joined the 30 years war on the Protestant side

They were Catholic
500

A Spanish royal family who held most of the power in Europe

The Habsburgs