The first permanent English settlement; settlers moved here for economic gain but had conflicts with local natives

This region had a moderate climate with a long growing season, and trade and grains dominated the economy; religiously and culturally diverse

harsh climate; trade, fishing, and shipbuilding were important to the economy; mainly settled for religious freedom

warm weather that led to the growth of plantations and the cultivation of cash crops; mainly consisted of wealthy landowners, indentured servants, and enslaved people.

The transfer of goods, humans, and diseases between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It changed the nutrition for Europeans, brought disease and death to the Native Americans, led to the African slave trade, and new ideas were swapped between the Old and New Worlds.

Religious group that believed in nonviolence, in the equality of men and women before God, and were against slavery

How European exploration impacted Native American groups

Explored Florida

Tried to get to Asia by sailing west but landed in San Salvador.

Discovered a bay and explored New York; his crew mutinied and kicked him off his ship

Document that was a legal contract in which the Pilgrims agreed to create fair laws to protect the general good of their settlement

Made Connecticut's government more democratic

Document that reduced the powers of the English monarch and allowed Parliament to gain power

Assembly that was the first elected legislative body in North America

Settled by the Pilgrims for religious freedom in 1620; they worked with the natives to survive.

Religious group that was a Separatist group that left England to escape religious persecution

Religious group that was a Protestant group that wanted to reform the Anglican Church; had very strict laws and punishments and did not believe in equality for all groups.

Which was NOT a reason for exploration?

Colonized the most land in the Americas

Colonized the middle of the US, parts of Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

Colonized parts of Canada, the eastern seaboard of the US, and parts of the Caribbean.

gifted to Lord Baltimore by the king who settled it as a safe haven for Catholics

founded by Pilgrims and Puritans for religious freedom.

established by Roger Williams and followers when he was kicked out of the Puritan community; religious tolerance & separation of Church and state

gifted to William Penn by the king who settled it for religious freedom for the Quakers.

settled by English settlers, funded by the Virginia Company, hoping to find gold and riches in the land

In 1663, King Charles II granted eight nobles this land. In 1729, the it was split into two royal colonies.

settled by James Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors and as a buffer colony between Spanish territory and English territory.

A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. This increased due to the Columbian Exchange. These people had no rights, freedoms, or choice.

A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination.

What relationship does this describe? Mostly volatile and full of conflict; disagreements over land caused tensions; settlers were not kind to indigenous people and they brought diseases that killed them.