Native Americans & European Contact
This was the primary cause of the sharp decline in Native American populations after European arrival.
What is disease?
This European nation focused heavily on spreading Catholicism in the Americas.
What is Spain?
This labor system became increasingly important in the Southern Colonies because of plantation agriculture.
What is slavery?
Before slavery became dominant, many workers came to the colonies under this labor system.
What is indentured servitude?
England had this type of government system where power was held by 1 person and their descendants
What is a monarchy?
Why were Native Americans especially vulnerable to European diseases?
What is they had no previous exposure or immunity?
A major goal of Spanish missionaries was to do this among Native American populations.
What is convert them to Christianity?
Colonists grew rice, tobacco, and later cotton. These are known as what kind of crop?
What is crash crops
An indentured servant worked for a set number of years in exchange for this benefit.
What is passage to America? or acres of land
Colonial assemblies are most significant because they gave colonists experience with this political practice.
What is self-government?
This was one important way Native Americans contributed to the survival of early English settlements.
What is sharing agricultural and environmental knowledge?
Unlike Spain, England primarily focused on establishing these in North America.
What are permanent settlements or colonies?
The economy of New England relied heavily on these two activities.
Fishing and trading
Colonial laws eventually made slavery this type of status, meaning it was passed from parent to child.
What is hereditary?
The Virginia House of Burgesses is significant because it was an early example of this.
What is representative government?
ontact between Europeans and Native Americans is considered a turning point because it led to this major demographic change.
What is a drastic decline in Native American populations?
The Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of these between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What are people, plants, animals, diseases, and ideas?
The Middle Colonies became known for producing large amounts of this.
What are grain and wheat?
The demand for tobacco helped increase the use of enslaved labor in this region.
What is the southern colonies?
William Penn's government in Pennsylvania differed from many European governments because it gave colonists a greater voice in
What is making laws?
Relations between Native Americans and European settlers were often characterized by both these two types of interactions.
What are cooperation and conflict?
Which European action had the greatest long-term impact on Indigenous populations?
What is the introduction of diseases?
Which factor had the greatest influence on the economic differences that developed among the colonial regions?
geography and climate?
Which factor most directly contributed to the transition from indentured servitude to slavery in the British colonies?
What is the growing demand for a permanent and reliable labor force?
Compared to England, colonial governments often allowed greater participation in politics by which group?
Who are white male property owners?