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Unit 2
Exploration and Colonization
Term | Definition |
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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. |