The Colonies
Number of original English colonies in North America
13
The name of Columbus' ships
The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
Country that paid for Christopher Columbus' trip
Spain
Who lived in North, South, and Central America before Europeans arrived?
Native/Indigenous people
(Central and South - Aztecs, Incans, Mayans) (Virginia - Pamunkey, Rappahannock, Chickahominy, and more)
To take control of a place
Colonization
The colonial region with planations
The Southern Colonies
Columbus thought he found what country?
India
Country that said "NO" to Christopher Columbus' voyage
Portugal
The American continent(s) colonized by Europeans
North, Central, and South America
Caravel
The colonial region that was very religious
New England
Columbus and his men did what to the indigenous/native people?
Killed and enslaved the indigenous/native people
Country that colonized the most in North, South, and Central America
Spain
The two oceans around North America
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Crops produced for commercial value (money). Tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo
Cash Crops
The colonial region with ship building
The Middle or Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Columbus actually landed on what (modern day) place?
Puerto Rico
Three countries that colonized the Americas
Spain, France, and England
(Portugal too...but just modern day Brazil)
Europeans (largely) failed to enslave these people because they knew the land and could hide or fight back
Indigenous/Native people
Poor Europeans who offered their labor to get a better life in the colonies and to pay their debts
Indentured Servants
Reason Europeans traveled to the Americas (North, Central, and South America)
Gold, God, and Glory
(Mostly Gold)
The route that Christopher Columbus was looking for
A trading route to Asia
Why did European people leave Europe?
Too many people, lack of resources, disease
AND
God, Gold, and Glory
Mountain ranges in North America (present day United States)
Smoky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Forced trip of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the New World
Middle Passage