Early Europeans Flashcards
Early European exploration and colonization resulted in the redistribution of the world’s population from ____ and ___ moved to the New World
Europe and Africa
Exploration and colonization started worldwide commercial expansion as _____ products were exchanged between the Americas and Europe.
Agriculture
New England was settled by _____
Puritans
Puritans were seeking freedom from ____ persecution in _____
Religious
Europe
Puritans formed a ____ ____ based on the principles of the Mayflower Compact and Puritan religious beliefs.
Covenant Community
Puritans sought economic opportunity and practiced a form of _____ democracy through town meetings
Direct
The Middle Atlantic region was settled by _____, _____, _____ immigrants seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity.
English, Dutch, and German
Virginia and the other Southern colonies were settled by people seeking ____ opportunities.
Economic
Some of the early Virginia settlers were ____, English nobility who received large land grants.
Cavaliers
Jamestown was established in 1607 by the _____ ____ of ____
Virginia Company of London
_____ was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
The Virginia House of _____ was the first elected assembly in the New World.
Burgesses
The Virginia has of Burgesses is now called the ____ ____ of Virginia.
General Assembly
Exploration and settlements of the English in America often led to conflicts with the ____ ____
American Indians
The growth of an agricultural economy led to the introduction of ____.
Slavery
