| A | B |
|---|
| Northwest Passage | all water route through North America |
| Columbus | Hispaniola; conquered/wiped out Tainos/sailed for country of Spain |
| Cortes | conquered the Aztec of Mexico |
| Pizarro | conquered the Inca of Peru |
| Spanish explorers | brought disease and slavery to natives |
| European explorers | looking for gold, glory, spread Christianity, land |
| English/Dutch explorers | looking for Northwest Passage |
| the Orient | Asia |
| Renaissance | rebirth of learning; new technology |
| Crusades | series of holy wars; led to exploration |
| Reasons for exploration | set up trade, find gold, expand empire |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement for ruling and setting up laws for Plymouth colony |
| Puritans | Massachusetts Bay; went to America for religious reasons |
| Quakers | Pennsylvania, to America for religious freedom, pacifists |
| toleration | willingness to allow others to practice their beliefs |
| New England colonies | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania |
| cash crop | crops sold for money |
| Middle Passage | ocean trip from Africa to the Americas of enslaved Africans |
| imports | goods brought into a country |
| exports | goods sent to markets outside of the country |
| indentured servant | person who agreed to work for 4-7 years for another person in exchange for their passage being paid to America |
| Pilgrims/Separatists | wanted to separate from the Church of England; Plymouth for religious reasons |
| Jamestown | first permanent English settlement |
| triangular trade | trade routes between the English colonies in America, Europe, Africa, and the West Indies |
| debtors | people who owed a debt; settled in Georgia |
| Fundamnetal Orders of Connecticut | America's first written Constitution |
| Champlain | French explorer; northern North America; Canada |
| LaSalle | French explorer; Mississippi River-claimed for France; named territory Louisiana |
| Plymouth | Massachusetts settlement set up by Pligrims/Separatists and Starngers |
| Captain John Smith | helped Jamestown survive |
| circumnavigate | sail around |
| Magellan | 1519; crew circumnavigated the globe |
| Protestant Reformation | religious movement through Europe; dissatisfaction with Catholic Church; started by Martin Luther |
