Unit 1 Contact to Colonization

The First People to Reach the Americas were the...

• Paleo Indians Across the Land Bridge

• Vikings in their fast moving Long Boats

• Polynesian's on their Outrigger Canoes

• Christopher Columbus and his large square masted ships

Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro were known as...

• Cartographers mapping the new world

• Missionaries bringing the Christian Religion

• Conquistadors looting the Natives of their Gold

• Explorers looking for a westward passage to India

Christopher Columbus was originally searching for...

• A new world to colonize

• A westward passage to India

• New Trade Lanes with the Americas

• A UFO seen flying across the atlantic

The first successful Colony the ENGLISH founded in North America was...

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

What did John Rolfe introduce to Jamestown that made it profitable?

• Tobacco

• Cotton

• Slaves

• Democracy

What was the Middle Passage

• A Canal that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• The brutal second leg of the Triangle Trade that moved slaves to the Americas

• A dangerous road between the Virginia and Maryland colonies raided by indians

• A text from the Old Testament that the Puritans used to justify moving to America

Native Americans were devastated when Europeans came to the New World because of...

• Infections and Disease they had no immunity to

• A Massive drought and Famine

• The Europeans new technology

• Alien abductions

The main economic activity in New England revolved around

• Cash Crops such as Tobacco and Cotton

• Staple Crops such as Corn and Wheat

• Sea Industry such as fishing, shipbuilding and whaling

• Heavy Industry such as mining and manufactured goods

Which Colonial Region focused on Cash Crops such as Tobacco and Cotton

• New England

• The Middle or Breadbasket Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

• The Indian Territories

Slaves were most prevelent in which colonial region

• The New England Colonies

• The Middle or Breadbasket Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

• the Indian territories