The "New World"
Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador (in the present-day Bahamas) in 1492, discovering this people group.
Arawak (Taino)
Built on the production of tobacco, this was the site of Jamestown, leading to the first British colony established in the North America.
Virginia
Originally known as New Netherland, this colony, along with its port city, was renamed by a British Duke who was given control of it by his brother, King Charles II of England.
New York
Known for the famous Salem Witch Trials, this colony was founded by John Winthrop as a Puritan outpost.
Massachusetts Bay
The colonies in this colonial region were known for rich soil good for farming, which led to dependence on slave labor to cultivate cash crops.
Southern
The widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, culture, and technology between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is known as the...
Columbian Exchange
This colony was established by James Oglethorpe as a haven for English debtors, while also providing protection from the Spanish.
Georgia
Founded by the Quakers, this colony was the home of the port city of Philadelphia, and was known for relatively fair treatment of Native Americans.
Pennsylvania
Led by Roger Williams, this colony was established by people looking for religious freedom from the Puritans, and named their port city Providence (part of the colony's full original name).
Rhode Island
This settlement was founded by Pilgrims who landed in present-day Massachusetts on the famed ship, the Mayflower.
Plymouth
This was the name for the process of sending manufactured goods from Europe to Africa in exchange for slaves who would in turn be shipped to the Americas to farm raw materials to be sent back to Europe.
Triangular Trade or
Trans-Atlantic Trade
This colony was known as a haven for Catholics, and notably passed the Act of Toleration, granting religious freedom to all Christians in the colony.
Maryland
The Duke of York gave the land that would become this colony to his friends Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
New Jersey
This colony was created from settlements in the northwestern part of the Massachusetts Bay colony, and was founded by Captain John Mason.
New Hampshire
This man was the first to plant tobacco in North America, leading to the success of the Jamestown settlement, and later married Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan Chief.
John Rolfe
England was motivated to establish colonies in the Americas due to the raw materials they could acquire to ship back to Britain to turn into manufactured goods under this profitable system.
Mercantilism
The port city of Charleston, in this colony, was a hub for the slave trade and the import and export of cash crops.
South Carolina
Before becoming independent in 1704, this colony was called New Sweden before being controlled by the Dutch then becoming part of the Pennsylvania colony.
Delaware
Led by Thomas Hooker, the settlers who established this colony left Massachusetts over disagreements with Puritan teachings, and later became the site of the Pequot War with local Native Americans.
Connecticut
This group of Native Americans was known for their multi-tiered housing structures.
Pueblo
The name of the first permanent British settlement in the Americas was...
Jamestown
This colony, directly south of Virginia, became known for tobacco cultivation after its founding by 8 "Lord Proprietors."
North Carolina
Each of the Mid-Atlantic colonies were controlled by colonists from this European country, before they became British colonies.
The Netherlands
The close proximity to the sea and vast forest land in the Mid-Atlantic colonies led to a thriving industry building these.
Ships
This group of Native Americans was known for longhouses and palisades, which were long, tall fences built around villages for protection.
Eastern Woodlands