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Exploring+Colonies
Exploration and Colonization: 13 Colonies
| Term/Person/Event | Answer/Definition/Importance |
|---|---|
| Great Famine | food shortage; killed many Europeans |
| Black Death | deadly disease; killed millions of Europeans in the 14 century |
| 100 Year War | conflict between France & England |
| Renaissance | widespread cultural revival of classical art, architecture, learning & lit. |
| Reformation | movement to reform the Chuch; divided the Church in half |
| Catholics follwed the ____________. | Pope |
| Protestants wanted to ______________. | Break away from the Church |
| _____________ helped create greater curiosity around the world. | Printing press |
| South route | Africa's coast; return to Europe |
| West route | Atlantic; return to Europe |
| Vasco de Gamma's route | Around the cape of good hope and then east of the Indian Ocean |
| _____________ took control of the spice trade. | Portugal |
| Columbus claimed land for ________. | Spain |
| Columbus believed he found __________. | India |
| Columbus had really found ____________________. | Carribean Islands (San Salvador) |
| Mission work | to send people to convert the native people to Christianity |
| Mercantilism | WAY EUROPEANS ENRICHED TREASURIES |
| WHY WAS SPAIN SO SUCCESSFUL IN CONQUERING THE NEW WORLD (AZTECS & INCAS)? | ACTED BRUTALLY TOWARDS THE NATIVE AMERICANS & THEIR DISEASES KILLED MANY NATIVE AMERICANS |
| WHAT DID SPAIN GET IN THE NEW WORLD? | WEALTH, SPICES, LAND, SLAVES & GOLD |
| NEW FRANCE; WHERE LOCATED? | MONTREAL & QUEBEC |
| NEW SWEDEN; WHERE LOCATED? | HUDSON RIVER, NY |
| SPAIN; WHERE LOCATED? | CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, & FLORIDA |
| WHO ARRIVES IN AMERICA FIRST? | SPAIN |
| HOW LONG IS THE TRAVEL FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA? | 3-4 MONTHS |
| HOW MANY ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE VIRGINIA HAD FAILED BEFORE JAMESTOWN? | 2 |
| WHAT WAS THE DEATH RATE IN JAMESTOWN IN THE EARLY YEARS? | 70% |
| JAMESTOWN; WHERE DID THEY SETTLE? | JAMES RIVER |
| # OF TREES TO BUILD JAMES FORT? | OVER 600 |
| AGE OF POCAHONTAS WHEN SHE MET JOHN SMITH? | 10-12 YEARS |
| 2 THINGS THE SETTLERS ATE WHILE THEY WENT THROUGH THE STARVATION PERIOD IN JAMESTOWN? | DOGS, CATTLE |
| WALTER RALEIGH | FOUNDER OF ROANOKE |
| JOHN SMITH | LEADER OF JAMESTOWN |
| JAMESTOWN | FIRST PERMANENT COLONY IN AMERICA; SETTLED IN 1607 |
| HOUSE OF BURGESSES | THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY; FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE WORLD |
| JOINT-STOCK COMPANY | COMPANY LED BY A GROUP OF INVESTORS |
| CHARTER | CONTRACT TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY |
| ROYAL COLONY | COLONY RULED BY THE KING'S CHOSEN PERSON |
| PURITANS | ENGLISH DISSENTERS WHO WANTED TO REFORM THE CHURCH |
| QUAKERS | PROTESTANT DISSENTERS |
| DISSENTER | PERSON WHO DISAGREES WITH A CHURCH |
| HEADRIGHT | LAND GRANT GIVEN TO ONE WHO COULD PAY HIS/HER WAY TO THE COLONIES |
| PILGRIMS SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR... (PLYMOUTH) | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM |
| JAMESTOWN SETTLED IN AMERICA FOR... | WEALTH $$$$ |
| PILGRIMS NEEDED THE HELP OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS BECUASE... | THEY HAD FOOD |
| THE PURITANS WANTED TO CREATE A _____________ SOCIETY. | A RELIGIOUS COMMONWEALTH |
| THE 3 PURITAN VALUES | HARD WORK - TO HONOR GOD EDUCATION - SO KIDS COULD READ BIBLE REP. GOVERN. - TRADITIONAL SELF GOVERNMENT |