Colonies
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas and was focused on profit for England.
What is Jamestown, Virginia (1607)?
The trading of animal pelts (especially beaver skins) by Indians for European or French goods in North America.
What is the Fur trade?
These European countries wanted to get rich, establish missions, and expand their empire.
What is Gold, God, and Glory.
The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living. It forced Europe to look for new territory.
What is overpopulation?
The legislative body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament?
This group valued hard work, modesty, and education, but did not include tolerance of religious differences.
Who were the Puritans?
This European power focused on trading fur, exploring, and converting Native Americans
What is French Colonization?
The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people.
What is Colonization?
the right to choose what religion to follow and worship without interference.
What is Religious Freedom?
Written in 1215, this document forced the king to obey the laws of the land.
What is the Magna Carta?
This colony was founded for religious freedom in 1620.
What was Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The motivations for colonial expansion were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions.
What is Spanish Colonization?
He instituted a no work, no eat policy for the settlers at Jamestown.
Who is John Smith?
Exploring unknown regions of the world; Europe began to explore sea routes to Asia for quicker and cheaper trade.
What is exploration?
A document that guaranteed the rights of colonists as Englishmen.
What was the English Bill of Rights?
The breadbasket of the colonies. This region was known for its economy and ethnic diversity.
What were the Middle Colonies?
Many colonies created by joint stock companies and mercantile charters (Virginia Company creates Jamestown). Plymouth created for religious freedom by Pilgrims (Puritans).
What is English Colonization?
He smuggled in the main cash crop, tobacco, for Jamestown which would make it profitable.
Who was John Rolfe?
A government in which people choose leaders (representatives) to make decisions for them.
What is Representative Government?
Formed in 1619, this assembly was the first example of representative government in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Another name for Pilgrims.
What are Separatists?
A waterway through or around North America to get easier access to Asian spices.
What is the Northwest Passage?
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
The hostility or ill-treatment encountered by an individual or a group because of their religious beliefs.
What was Religious Persecution?
An agreement to obey "just and equal laws" created for the "general good of the colony" in order to benefit "the glory of God" and the "honor of our king"
What was the Mayflower Compact (1620)?