Day 1 - Exploration and Colonization

Defines the time of American history prior to 1776

• RELIGIOUS PERIOD

• COLUMBIAN PERIOD

• COLONIAL PERIOD

• EXPLORATION PERIOD

Ability to choose and follow one’s spiritual beliefs

• SPIRITUAL TOLERATION

• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

• BIBLICAL CHOICE

• CHURCH LIBERTY

Country that sent explorers to claim land south and west of the Mississippi River for gold, ranching and farming

• SPAIN

• ENGLAND

• FRANCE

• THE NETHERLANDS

First successful English colony settled in 1607 for the purpose of economic reasons

• ROANOKE

• PHILADELPHIA

• PLYMOUTH

• JAMESTOWN

Large farming operations primarily located in the southern colonies

• PLANTATIONS

• SOUTHERN CULTIVATIONS

• LARGE SCALE FARMING INDUSTRY

• FARMSTEADS

Country that claimed most of the Atlantic coast of North America

• THE NETHERLANDS

• FRANCE

• SPAIN

• ENGLAND

The 1215 document mandating the king of England’s protection for individual rights and that he's not above the law

• ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS

• THE SPIRIT OF LAWS

• MAGNA CARTA

• TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT

The act of seeking and claiming new lands for economic, political, and social gain

• EXPLORATION

• INVESTIGATION

• COLONIZATION

• DOMINATION

Colonization for the purpose of wealth creation

• ECONOMIC GAIN

• WEALTH ACQUISITION

• REVENUE GENERATION

• MONETARY COLONIZATION

Operation that captured and sold people from their homeland to work on colonial plantations

• APPRENTICE TRADING

• SERVITUDE

• SLAVE TRADE

• INDENTURED SERVITUDE