Colonization Flashcards

Flashcards about Colonization, Mercantilism, Roanoke, Jamestown, the 13 Colonies, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

What is Mercantilism?

The economic practice in which money equated to power during the colonization period.

What were the primary reasons for European exploration?

Belief of limited gold, trade with India and China was dangerous, and advancements in navigation technology occurred.

What were the 3Gs that motivated Spanish exploration?

Glory, God, and Gold.

What areas did the Spanish colonize?

Central America, Northern South America, the Caribbean, and Florida.

What were the two main regions of New France?

Louisiana and Quebec.

What were the 3Fs that describe French exploration?

Friends, Fur, Fish.

What were the primary reasons the British went to the New World?

Religious freedom and economic wealth.

What was the name of the lost British colony?

Roanoke.

Who was the governor of the Roanoke colony who returned to England for supplies?

John White.

Who was the first English baby born in the New World?

Virginia Dare.

What word was found carved on a tree at the Roanoke colony?

Croatoan.

What is Jamestown?

The first permanent English colony in North America.

Who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan who married a colonist?

Pocahontas.

Who is credited with the survival of the Jamestown colony?

John Smith.

What were the three main regions of the 13 British Colonies?

New England, Middle, and Southern.

What colonies made up the New England Colonies?

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.

What colonies made up the Middle Colonies?

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.

What colonies made up the Southern Colonies?

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

Why did people settle in the New England Colonies?

Religious/Political Freedom and Profit from Trade, Fishing, and Farming.

Why did people settle in the Middle Colonies?

Profit from Selling Land, Expand Trade, and Religious Freedom.

Why did people settle in the Southern Colonies?

Expand Trade and Profit, Sell Land, Religious Freedom, and Protection from Spanish Florida.

What is a charter?

A formal document issued by the King of England that would state the geographic boundaries of a settlement and how the colony would be governed.

What were the three types of colonial government?

Royal, Proprietary, and Charter.

When indigenous people started rapidly dying, who did the British turn to for enslaved labor?

Africans.

What three continents were connected through the Triangle Trade?

The Americas, Europe, and Africa.