| A | B |
|---|
| motivating forces for exploration | empire, economics, religion |
| waterway known as Gateway to the West | Ohio River |
| Highway for Explorers | Atlantic Ocean |
| obstacles to exploration | poor navigational tools and maps |
| accomplishments of exploration | exchange goods, claim territories, improved navigational tools |
| claimed land in Southwest for Spain | Coronado |
| country that claimed Mississippi River Valley | France |
| conquered and enslaved American Indians | Spanish |
| learned farming techniques from Indians | English |
| English Settlers and Indians worked together on this | crop development |
| 3 areas of conflict between Indians and settlers | land, disease, language differences |
| body of water, route to Mexico and parts of North America | Gulf of Mexico |
| Major controllers of world trade | Ghana, Mali and Songhai |
| Why was Jamestown established? | economic venture |
| Inuits relied on this for food | fish, berries, buffalo |
| traded goods from West Africa for slaves | Portugese |
| Why was Plymouth established? | to avoid religious persecution |
| Why did Quakers establish Pennsylvania? | freedom to practice their faith |
| type of people that established Georgia | debtors |
| area with rocky soil and jagged coastline | New England |
| church was center of life in this region | New England |
| region that based economy on livestock and grain | Mid-Atlantic |
| region whose political and civic life was governed by counties | South |
| 3 regions of original colonies | New England, MidAtlantic, Southern |
| Financed French and Indian War | England |
| reasons for English taxation | maintain troops, finance wars, world power |
| colonies did not have this in Parliament | representation |
| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness | inalianable rights |
| said, "Give me liberty or give me death" | Patrick Henry |
| general that surrendered at Yorktown | Lord Cornwallis |
| wrote "Common Sense" | Thomas Paine |
| former slave that wrote poems and plays | Phyllis Wheatley |
| event that recognized American Independence | First Continental Congress |
| significance of final battle at Yorktown | American Independence |
| Colonial advantage during war | strong leadership |
| Colonial advantage during war | defense of land, principles, beliefs |
| Colonia advantage during war | strong army |
| this worked against westward movement of settlers | Proclamation of 1763 |
| person who felt all have rights to life, liberty and property | John Locke |
| people have right to change this if it violates their rights | government |
| person who championed the cause of independence | John Adams |
