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Explorer who opened the New World to Europe Columbus
refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. Columbus Exchange
Group/pool of private investors who put up money to find New World Colonies. They rarely made money. Joint Stock Company
1st permanent English settlement in colonial America. Focused on making money so they did not bring their families. Town almost failed because of starvation because no one worked. (The Starving Time). Jamestown 1607
2nd leader of Jamestown who prevented it from dying or failing. “If you work you eat.” John Smith
Colonist of Jamestown who married Pocahontas and created modern tobacco (cash crop). John Rolfe
Colony run by Royal (appointed by King/Queen) Governor (ex. Georgia, Delaware, and Virginia) Royal Colony
Colony run by a private person. (ex - PA > William Penn > Quakers) Proprietary Colony
People who wanted to separate from Church of England (Anglican Church) Separatists Church/Pilgrims
Wanted to purify the Church of England of everything Catholic. Puritans
1st leaders of Plymouth Colony. Myles Standish & John Carver
Early leader of Plymouth who left detailed diaries describing society. William Bradford
1st English laws in Colonial America. Mayflower Compact
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who envisioned a “City On A Hill”. John Winthrop
Largest Colony and Puritan Theocracy (religious ruled government.) (Divine Right) Massachusetts Bay Colony
1st mass movement of Europeans to the New World. They came for various Reasons- economic, religious, etc. Great Migration
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