United States History Semester Test

Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit

Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

self-reliance and freedom from another government or country

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

land bridge that connected Asia and North America

to survive in different area, native peoples had to do this

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

whereever Europeans settled in the Americans, this killed many Native Americans

The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia

The first elected lawmaking body in North America, established by the Virginia Company to allow representative government in Virginia.

The two Native Americans that helped the Pilgrims survive and brought peace with the Wampanoag people

A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good

First constitution in written history (1639). Established a representative government made up of a legislature elected by the people and a governor chosen by the legislature.

James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia as a place where these poor people could start over