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Unit 2
Exploration and Colonization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colombian Exchange | the exchange of items between Eastern and Western Hemispheres. |
| Northwest Passage | water route to the west to connect Europe with Asia for quicker trading routes for silks and spices |
| Economic | concerns money and wealth |
| Political | concerns government, citizens’ rights and responsibilities. |
| Social | involves how people organize themselves or live together. |
| Mayflower Compact | written by the Pilgrims pledging themselves to form a self-government |
| 3-G's | the reasons for exploration to the new world. |
| Jamestown | first permanent English colony founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company |
| Pilgrims | group of Protestants who were unhappy escaped persecutions also known as Separatists. |
| Puritans | Protestants who left England and founded Massachusetts Bay for religious reason |
| Quakers | group of protestants who opposed war and violence and founded Pennsylvania. |