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Exploration and Colonization: 13 Colonies

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Term/Person/Event
Answer/Definition/Importance
Great Famine   food shortage; killed many Europeans  
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Black Death   deadly disease; killed millions of Europeans in the 14 century  
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100 Year War   conflict between France & England  
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Renaissance   widespread cultural revival of classical art, architecture, learning & lit.  
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Reformation   movement to reform the Chuch; divided the Church in half  
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Catholics follwed the ____________.   Pope  
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Protestants wanted to ______________.   Break away from the Church  
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_____________ helped create greater curiosity around the world.   Printing press  
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South route   Africa's coast; return to Europe  
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West route   Atlantic; return to Europe  
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Vasco de Gamma's route   Around the cape of good hope and then east of the Indian Ocean  
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_____________ took control of the spice trade.   Portugal  
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Columbus claimed land for ________.   Spain  
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Columbus believed he found __________.   India  
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Columbus had really found ____________________.   Carribean Islands (San Salvador)  
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Mission work   to send people to convert the native people to Christianity  
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Mercantilism   WAY EUROPEANS ENRICHED TREASURIES  
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WHY WAS SPAIN SO SUCCESSFUL IN CONQUERING THE NEW WORLD (AZTECS & INCAS)?   ACTED BRUTALLY TOWARDS THE NATIVE AMERICANS & THEIR DISEASES KILLED MANY NATIVE AMERICANS  
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WHAT DID SPAIN GET IN THE NEW WORLD?   WEALTH, SPICES, LAND, SLAVES & GOLD  
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NEW FRANCE; WHERE LOCATED?   MONTREAL & QUEBEC  
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NEW SWEDEN; WHERE LOCATED?   HUDSON RIVER, NY  
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SPAIN; WHERE LOCATED?   CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, & FLORIDA  
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WHO ARRIVES IN AMERICA FIRST?   SPAIN  
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HOW LONG IS THE TRAVEL FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA?   3-4 MONTHS  
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HOW MANY ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE VIRGINIA HAD FAILED BEFORE JAMESTOWN?   2  
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WHAT WAS THE DEATH RATE IN JAMESTOWN IN THE EARLY YEARS?   70%  
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JAMESTOWN; WHERE DID THEY SETTLE?   JAMES RIVER  
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# OF TREES TO BUILD JAMES FORT?   OVER 600  
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AGE OF POCAHONTAS WHEN SHE MET JOHN SMITH?   10-12 YEARS  
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2 THINGS THE SETTLERS ATE WHILE THEY WENT THROUGH THE STARVATION PERIOD IN JAMESTOWN?   DOGS, CATTLE  
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WALTER RALEIGH   FOUNDER OF ROANOKE  
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JOHN SMITH   LEADER OF JAMESTOWN  
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JAMESTOWN   FIRST PERMANENT COLONY IN AMERICA; SETTLED IN 1607  
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES   THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY; FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE WORLD  
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANY   COMPANY LED BY A GROUP OF INVESTORS  
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CHARTER   CONTRACT TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY  
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ROYAL COLONY   COLONY RULED BY THE KING'S CHOSEN PERSON  
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PURITANS   ENGLISH DISSENTERS WHO WANTED TO REFORM THE CHURCH  
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QUAKERS   PROTESTANT DISSENTERS  
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DISSENTER   PERSON WHO DISAGREES WITH A CHURCH  
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HEADRIGHT   LAND GRANT GIVEN TO ONE WHO COULD PAY HIS/HER WAY TO THE COLONIES  
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PILGRIMS SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR... (PLYMOUTH)   RELIGIOUS FREEDOM  
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JAMESTOWN SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR...   WEALTH $$$$  
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PILGRIMS NEEDED THE HELP OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS BECUASE...   THEY HAD FOOD  
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THE PURITANS WANTED TO CREATE A _____________ SOCIETY.   A RELIGIOUS COMMONWEALTH  
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THE 3 PURITAN VALUES   HARD WORK - TO HONOR GOD EDUCATION - SO KIDS COULD READ BIBLE REP. GOVERN. - TRADITIONAL SELF GOVERNMENT  
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