Using land to grow food. Led to a departure from nomadic lifestyle.
What is Agriculture
100
Explorer who sailed across the Atlantic in search for a route to India in 1492. By landing at Hispaniola, he opened a continent's resources to Europe.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
1st Settlement in Colonial America. It failed b/c the settlers weren't prepared for the harsh lifestyle.
What is Roanoke
100
Large farms that are used to grow specific crops and are owned by rich individuals. Since most were located in the South, it influenced its social and economic development.
What are Plantations
100
This is where Christopher Columbus was originally planning to sail to.
What is India
200
This is used by all humans to settle. However, Native Americans and Europeans valued it in different ways.
What is Land
200
Trade between Europe, New World, and West Africa. This allowed the exchanges of food and humans that would have otherwise been unavailable.
What is the Columbian Exchange
200
1st permanent settlement by England in the New World. It succeeded b/c its inhabitants put their efforts into survival instead of profit.
What is Jamestown
200
A way of thinking that asked people to use reason and logic in their lives. This would encourage colonists to question those in charge (royal governors, clergy, the King).
What is the Enlightenment
200
This country was the main benefactor from the Navigation Acts.
Who is Britain
300
Portuguese cartographer. He funded expeditions that mapped the western coast of Africa in search for a sea route to India
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator
300
Spanish conquistador who first conquered the Aztecs. His conquest allowed for the exploitation of the land and Natives of Latin America.
Who is Hernan Cortez
300
Was kicked out of Boston for believing in freedom of religion an paying the Natives for their land. His ideas would appear in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
Who is Roger Williams
300
Lived during the 1700s and devoted his life to the colonies. He wrote books and made inventions to make colonists' lives easier.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
300
This is the sole reason for the Colonies' existence.
What is Profit (b/c of the Mercantilist system)
400
First Portuguese explorer to sail to India. Established a trade route through the sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama
400
Aztec emperor when Cortez arrived to Mexico. His superstitious beliefs were among one of the factors that led to their downfall.
Who is Montezuma
400
Uprising of indentured servants b/c they weren't represented in colonial government. After the rebellion, slaves were largely used as a labor force in the southern colonies
What is Bacon's Rebellion
400
War between Britain, France, and Natives that ended in 1763. As the winner, Britain gained rights to the eastern half of what is today Canada and the U.S.
What is the French & Indian War
400
Name four factors that led the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs
What are Technology, Disease, Superstition, Politics, Numbers
500
A lifestyle where one does not have a permanent home. By departing from this way of life, humans created civilizations.
What is Nomadic Lifestyle
500
The offspring of Spanish and Natives. This new race would forget the cultures of the New World and grow up Christian and speak Spanish, allowing for easier control by the Spanish.
What is Mestizo
500
British law that aimed to control all aspects of colonial trade. This was a reminder to the colonies that they had to answer to the King of England.
What are the Navigation Acts
500
A statement by the Crown that forbid colonists from settling in land that was acquired from the French & Indian War. This angered colonists b/c they felt entitled to settle in it after winning the war.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
500
Name two ways in which the Northern & Southern colonies are different.