COLONIAL POWERS
This European nation INITIALLY gained the greatest wealth and power from American colonization.
What is Spain?
The people who lived in the Americas before Europeans arrived are commonly called this.
Who are Native Americans / Indigenous peoples?
The Puritans came to America mainly seeking freedom to practice this.
What is religion?
Europeans crossed this ocean to reach the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Old and New Worlds is called this.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Besides Spain, name ONE major European power that competed for colonies in the Americas.
What is England, France, Portugal, or the Netherlands?
Native American societies used these networks to exchange goods between different groups.
What is trade?
The Puritans established their major colony in this present-day state.
What is Massachusetts?
European countries established these permanent settlements in the Americas.
What are colonies?
Europeans introduced this common farm animal used for riding and transportation to the Americas.
What are horses?
This European country conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires and became incredibly wealthy from American gold and silver.
What is Spain?
Europeans brought these microscopic killers that caused massive Native American population losses.
What are diseases?
Puritans were members of this larger religion.
What is Christianity?
Many Europeans came to America hoping to obtain land, wealth, or this type of freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This American crop became an important food in Europe and is now associated with Ireland.
What is the potato?
By the end of this century, Spain had lost much of its privileged position relative to European rivals.
What is the 17th century (1600s)?
Name ONE disease brought from Europe that devastated Native populations.
What is smallpox? (Accept measles/influenza, etc.)
Puritans wanted to “purify” this church started by King Henry VIII.
What is the Church of England?
The difficult ocean journey from Europe to America often lasted several of these.
What are weeks/months?
: According to one major theory of the Columbian Exchange, European sailors brought this STD back to Europe from the Americas.
What is syphilis?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire with help from rival Indigenous tribes.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Native Americans sometimes formed these with European powers or other Native groups to gain military or political advantages.
What are alliances?
John Winthrop famously said their colony would be like a “City upon a ____.”
What is a hill?
England’s first permanent settlement in North America was founded in 1607 and named this.
What is Jamestown?
Name two foods that traveled from the Americas to Europe.
What are potatoes, corn, tomatoes, chocolate/cacao, peppers, or squash? (Any two.)