| A | B |
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| Boston Tea Party | helped start the American Revolution |
| British Tea | obtained by the colonists as a colonial import |
| European exploration of the Americas resulted in | New diseases were introduced and that led to the expansion of the African slave trade, and Native Americans losing their lands. |
| natural harbors | geographic feature of the Atlantic coastline contributed the most to the growth of colonial trade |
| "city upon a hill" | John Winthrop's idea that the Puritans should act as if the whole world was watching, because he wanted them to serve as a Christian example. |
| Salutary neglect | the idea that most encouraged a spirit of independence and freedom among British colonists prior to the Revolution |
| Colonists' resentment of the British restriction on trade | served as an economic reason for the American Revolution. |
| The Iroquois lived in longhouses made of wood and bark | the best evidence that the Iroquois adapted to their physical environment |
| Appalachian Mountains | They limited most British colonists to living along the Atlantic coast. |
| widowarchy | Women in early colonial period whose husbands died, that had autonomy over their finances. |
| Pennsylvania | the American colony that was most impacted by the Quakers |
| Catholic | European religion that had the greatest impact on Latin America |
| Secondary sources | textbooks, encyclopedia entries, magazine articles, biographies |
| Stamp Act | taxed printed materials and led to colonial boycotts against British goods |
| interdependence | Trade between the British and the American colonies is an example of economic ________. |
| Religious toleration | when the practice of other religions is allowed |
| New Orleans | settlement that strengthened France's presence in the New World by giving it control of key water routes |
| an example of scarcity | George need a job but Bill took the last one. |
| an example of how colonists adapted to their natural environment to survive | Colonists learned to grow crops like corn and tobacco. |
| Massachusetts | British colony whose economy that was based primarily on shipbuilding and fishing |
| Asia and North America | two continents connected by a land bridge during the Ice Age that allowed migration |
| British colonists | Most were limited to living along the Atlantic coast by the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Kept British settlers from moving onto lands won during the French and Indian War. |
| Mississippi River and other inland waterways | Enabled the French to build a successful fur trade |
| Enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage | group that experienced cruel treatment, poor sanitary conditions, starvation and disease, and overcrowding and imprisonment along their journey to the New World |
| the Iroquois people | organized for living in groups |
| French | A colonial trapper who lived along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, migrated within inland North America, and had good relations with Native Americans |
| reason for colonists' anger toward the Stamp Act | The colonist opposed anything that would tax business transactions. |
| Columbian Exchange | Led to the spread of disease to the natives of the Americas. |
| reason the Virginia Company authorized a general assembly in Virginia | so that colonists could self-govern on a local level. |
| New England | In ____________ (an American colony or group of colonies), education was most highly valued. |
| an effect of slavery | Many African Americans live in the United States today. |
| Reasons for European Exploration of the Americas | quest for a trade route to East Asia, search for gold, desire to spread religious beliefs |
| tobacco | cash crop that is credited with helping the Jamestown colony to survive |
| pull factor for migration. | availability of cheap land west of the Appalachian Mountains and later the Mississippi River |
| Georgia | state that was probably the most dependent on cash crops |
| Language | a defining characteristic of culture |
| port cities. | Farmers in the Middle Colonies often depended on ______________. |
| Puritans: To freely practice their religion | the group best known for settling this region and their reason for settling |
| Southern Colonies depended more on slavery. | direct impact that the plantations system had on the colonies |
| Christopher Columbus | explorer that landed in the Caribbean in 1492, opening the way for European colonization of the Americas |
| Rivers | Native Americans relied on to engage in trade with one another |
| Conflicts with Native Americans increased. | Scarcity of land and resources during the colonial period led to ________________ as white settlers moved west |
