The Atlantic World

Conquerors who explored and captured the new world for Spain

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

• Conquistadors

• Puritans

Genetically blended Spanish and Indian populations in the Americas

• French and Indian War

• Mestizo

• Pilgrims

• Mercantilism

First English settlement in the Americas (Virginia) for profit.

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

• Capitalism

• New France

English religious separatists who settled in the Americas for freedom.

• Pilgrims

• Jamestown

• Mestizo

• Mercantilism

Economic System based on private ownership and investment of resources to make a profit.

• Mercantilism

• Joint-Stock Company

• Capitalism

• Favorable Balance of Trade

An economic system of placing of high value on acquiring material possessions

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• joint-stock company

• Favorable balance of trade

A conflict between Britain and France for control of territory in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763.

• Jamestown

• Mestizo

• Pilgrims

• French and Indian War

A business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, then share the profits.

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• joint-stock company

• New France

(Quebec) French Colonial territory in Canada and in the US.

• New France

• Jamestown

• Virginia

• Quebec

An economic situation in which country sells more goods abroad than it buys from abroad.

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Joint-Stock Company

• Favorable Balance of Trade