Midterm page 2 Flashcards
Northwest Passage
Name given to an imaginary waterway sought by European explorers in North America that they hoped would shorten their voyage to trade partners in Asia. This shortcut doesn’t exist
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America
Columbian Exchange
Term used to describe the transfer of people, plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americans following the voyages made by Columbus
Puritans
Religious settlers from England who settled in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution
New Netherlands
Name of colony established by the Netherlands (also known as the Dutch) in lands that are today NYS. England will eventually take these lands by force and rename them New York
Slaves/slave labor
Slave labor in the southern colonies became the predominant source of labor on most plantations by 1700. Slaves were brought to the colonies from Africa
Triangular Trade
Term used to describe the trade relations between the colonies, Africa and Carribean Islands (AKA West Indies). Enslaved Africans were at the heart of this. 1. Colonies sent fish and lumber (wood) to the West Indies, 2. Sugar and molasses went from the West Indies to colonies which were used to make rum (a type of alcohol), 3. Rum, guns, gunpowder, and tools were sent to West Africa and traded for slaves. Slaves were sent to West Indies and sold
Middle Passage
Term used to refer to the 3-4 week journey enslaved Africans endured on ships as they crossed the Atlantic. Slaves were locked in chains at wrists and ankles. While chained to other slaves, they were forced onto wooden sleeping shelves.
French and Indian war
Conflict between England and France in the 1750s which determined which European power would control colonization of North America. England won. The cost of the war was used to justify taxing the 13 colonies, which lead to the American Revolution
No Taxation without Representation
Rallying cry in the 13 colonies that spoke to their beliefs on being taxed by English Parliament. Colonists felt the English Parliament did not represent them because they could not vote for or against them, so they had no right to tax them.
