| A | B |
|---|
| Reason leading to discovery of the New World/America | search for quicker trade route to Asia |
| Credited for discovering America | Christopher Columbus |
| The 3 G's of Exploration | God, Gold, Glory |
| BIGGEST reason Spain explored | God |
| BIGGEST reason France explored | Gold |
| BIGGEST reason England explored | Glory |
| Area where England colonized | east coast shore of America |
| Area where Spain colonized | Florida and Southwest America into Mexico |
| Area where France colonized | area from New Orleans up through what would become the Louisiana Purchase |
| Divisions of 13 Original Colonies | New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies |
| Climate of New England Colonies | cold |
| Climate of Middle Colonies | warm |
| Climate of Southern | hot |
| Soil/land of New England Colonies | hard, rocky |
| Soil/land of Middle Colonies | rolling hills good for growing grain |
| Soil/land of Southern Colonies | flat fertile plains |
| Major industry of New England Colonies | whaling, fishing, ship-building |
| Major industry of Middle Colonies | factories, growing grain |
| Major industry of Southern Colonies | cash crops from plantations |
| First English Settlement | Roanoke |
| First permanent English settlement | Jamestown |
| Founded by pilgrims on the Mayflower | Plymouth |
| Jamestown was founded in | 1607 |
| Plymouth was founded in | 1620 |
| Location of Jamestown | Virginia |
| Location of Plymouth | Massachusetts |
| Motivation of founding Jamestown | economic (GOLD) |
| Motivation of founding Plymouth | religious freedom (GOD) |
| Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country | mercantilism |
| trade route between three points | Triangular Trade Route |
| trade route across the Atlantic | TransAtlantic Trade Route |
| What England needed most from colonies | raw materials |
| What Africa needed most from England | manufactured goods |
| What colonies needed most from Africa | slaves |
| First elected (representative) assembly in the colonies | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| Established the idea of self-government in the colonies of the New World | Mayflower Compact |
| First written constitution of New World; allowed citizens to vote for representatives by secrot ballot | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| What created a need for colonists to make their own laws to keep peace and order | Distance of colonies from England/the King |
| Gave rights to Englishmen that the colonists still expected in the new colonies | English Bill of Rights |
| Term used to describe how the King was too busy to spend much time directing/ruling over the colonists' day-to-day lives | Statutory Neglect |
| Settled in Pennsylvania; believed in equality for all | Quakers |
| Founded Maryland | Catholics |
| Made up of those who were in debtors' prisons in England | Georgia |
| Very strict religious group in the New England colonies; came seeking religious freedom | Puritans |
| a time of religious revival in the colonies and in Europe | Forst Great Awakening |
