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nomadic
wandering, moving about from place to place
beringia land bridge
Piece of land that connected Asia and North America; allowed first people to come to America
Colonization
The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people
European diseases
The number one killer of Native Americans during the Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus (Who? His goals?)
Italian explorer; mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492, while searching for a faster route to India. If he could reach these lands, he could bring rich cargoes of silks and spices back home.
slave trade
European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Impact of Columbus (Natives, Europeans)
Natives: forced natives to work for the sake of profits, sold them. Europeans: opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples. Trade was soon established between Europe and the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans
Roanoke
The failed "lost colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia
John Smith
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia
Royal Colony
colony under the direct control of the English crown
joint-stock company
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Plymouth Colony
Colony founded by the Separatist Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Located in New England.
New Netherland
A colony founded by the Dutch in the New World. It became New York.
Bacon's Rebellion
A rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land
Puritans
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.
Indentured Servants
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor
Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
favorable balance of trade (why would a country want this?)
This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials
Parliament
A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation
Southern Economy
depended on agriculture, small farms and large plantations, slaves were main source of labor; this because of its rich soil and warm climate, making it easy to grow crops like cotton.
cash crop
farm crop raised to be sold for money (ex.: cotton)
Middle Passage
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
Triangular Trade
A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Enlightenment
A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason instead of accepted ideas and social institutions.
Original 13 Colonies
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York & Rhode Island.
Proclamation of 1763
declared the boundaries of settlement for inhabitants of the 13 colonies to be Appalachia.
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