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| 7284970314 | Columbian Exchange | The flow of goods between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Began when there was a need for servants to work in the fields because almost all of the natives died off. | 0 | |
| 7284974761 | Five Things that Passed from Continent to Continent | Ideas, Disease, Plants, Animals, People | 1 | |
| 7285131241 | Encomienda System | The Basis of Salvery, Instituted by the Spanish King, who gave grants of land and natives to Spaniards. | 2 | |
| 7285155206 | Pueblo Revolt | Uprising of Indians against the Spanish colonizers in present day New Mexico | 3 | |
| 7285156783 | Conquistadors | Spanish/Portuguese Soldiers and Explorers | 4 | |
| 7285159265 | Christopher Columbus | "Sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492" Discovered the Americas by sailing under Spanish support to find an easier route to Asia | 5 | |
| 7285159266 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty signed between Portugal and Spain to split the new found land into two parts. The line was proposed by the Pope and adjusted by the two countries before this was signed | 6 | |
| 7285161758 | Line of Demarcation | The Line, proposed by the Pope, that split the new found land into two parts, one for Spain, and one for Portugal | 7 | |
| 7285162898 | Iroquois Confederation | The confederation of five Indian tribes, spanning across upper New York, which played a key part in the struggle between the French and English for the domination of North America | 8 | |
| 7285172032 | Mayas, Aztecs, Incas | Three civilizations that had highly organized societies, carried on extensive trade, cultivated crops that provided a stable food supply, and created calendars that were based on accurate scientific observations | 9 | |
| 7285179356 | Sir Walter Raleigh | An English adventurer who attempted to establish a settlement at Roanoke Island but failed | 10 | |
| 7285180733 | John Smith | "He that shall not work, shall not eat." Hired by VA Company to solve the problem work in Jamestown. He made people work, when they wanted to dig for gold instead or didn't want to work at all. | 11 | |
| 7285180734 | Tobacco | "Brown Gold" of Virginia. Produced in the masses for an easy profit which helped lift Virginia out of the Starving Times. | 12 | |
| 7285271878 | Indentured Servant | One who had his passage to the colonies paid by another man. Had to serve that man for 5-7 years and then could be freed | 13 | |
| 7285182410 | Powhatan | The general name for all Indians that was created by the colonists | 14 | |
| 7285184073 | Joint-Stock Company | A company established to make an economic profit | 15 | |
| 7285185523 | House of Burgesses | First step towards self-government in Virginia, Controlled Finances, Militia, Etc. By the end of the 17 century, legislation was initiated | 16 | |
| 7285187200 | Starving Time | Time period in Jamestown when food was scarce and the colony was too underdeveloped to survive attacks by Indians and the cold winter. Adult Life expectancy during these times: 40 years. Death of children before age 5: 80 percent | 17 | |
| 7285187201 | 1619 | First Africans in Jamestown, House of Burgesses was founded | 18 | |
| 7285188526 | Headright System | Each Virginian got 50 acres of land for each person whose passage they paid for. | 19 | |
| 7285188527 | Carolina Colonies | Founded for profit, Indigo and Rice farming on plantations was huge for these colonies | 20 | |
| 7285190712 | Buffer Colonies | A colony that separated two land areas owned by different countries, Georgia was one | 21 | |
| 7285241001 | Charter of the Virginia Company | Guaranteed the Colonists the same rights as Englishmen | 22 | |
| 7285293332 | Slave Codes | Made to strip slaves of all thoughts of Independence. Made blacks and their families property for life of white masters | 23 | |
| 7285303011 | Stono Rebellion | First Slave Rebellion, Unsuccessful (1739) | 24 | |
| 7285306674 | Nathaniel Bacon | Led 1,000 Virginians in a rebellion against Governor Berkeley, Resented Berkeley's close relations with the Natives | 25 | |
| 7285321950 | Bacon's Rebellion | Rebels attacked Indians, drove Governor Berkeley from Jamestown, burned the capital, then Bacon died and it suddenly fizzled out. | 26 | |
| 7285332822 | Maryland | A Proprietary colony, Part of the Chesapeake, Founded for Catholics in 1634, "A haven for Catholics" | 27 | |
| 7285350157 | Proprietary Colony | Territories granted by the English Crown to one or more proprietors who had full governing rights. | 28 | |
| 7285365145 | Toleration Act of 1649 | Allowed anyone to practice any type of Christianity in Maryland | 29 | |
| 7285379884 | Lord Baltimore | Founder of Maryland and supporter of the Act of Toleration | 30 | |
| 7285201529 | Plymouth Colony | Colony founded by the colonists from the Mayflower, which had been blown off course from Virginia (1620) | 31 | |
| 7285201530 | William Bradford | First Governor of Plymouth | 32 | |
| 7285202902 | Mayflower Compact | Written and signed before pilgrims left the ship, Not a constitution, but a written agreement to form a crude government and submit to the majority rule | 33 | |
| 7285202903 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Founded by non-separatists with a royal charter, Boston was its hub, created for mostly religious purposes. | 34 | |
| 7285205470 | John Winthrop | First Governor of Massachusetts, City on a Hill, Believed that the puritan lifestyle should be the model for the rest of the world | 35 | |
| 7285205471 | Roger Williams | Argued for a full break from the Anglican Church, Condemned MA Bay Charter, Exiled from New England for preaching new and dangerous opinions, Founded Rhode Island | 36 | |
| 7285462501 | Rhode Island | Nicknamed the "sewer" colony because all the unbelievers were dumped there, Remarkable political and religious freedom, More liberal than any other colony | 37 | |
| 7285206899 | Anne Hutchinson | Strong willed, well spoken woman who threatened Patriarchal control, Banished from MA, Killed in an Indian attack in NY | 38 | |
| 7285208663 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First Official Governing Document in Americas | 39 | |
| 7285208664 | Pequot Wars | Colonists attacked, raided, and burned the villages of a the Pequot Tribe in CT river valley, Pequots virtually annihilated | 40 | |
| 7285212994 | King Phillip's War | Started when Metacom (King Phillip) united many Indian tribes to rebel against the colonists, Forced frontier settlements to retreat to Boston, Ended in failure for Indians, Metacom beheaded. Indians were never a serious threat to New England again. | 41 | |
| 7285220295 | Pennsylvania | "Penn's Woods", William Penn founded it, No Tax supported church, Freedom of Worship guaranteed to all, Royal Colony | 42 | |
| 7285222655 | Predestination | Belief that before a man was born, he was destined for heaven or hell, Good works could not save those predestined for hell | 43 | |
| 7285393983 | Puritans | Wanted to completely reform or purify the Church of England | 44 | |
| 7285399602 | Separatists | Believed in the total break away from the Church of England | 45 | |
| 7285543597 | New York | Originally Called New Amsterdam, Established by Dutch West India Company for a quick fur trade profit. Like the rest of the Middle Colonies, Mercantilism was huge. British took over in 1664 and it became a royal colony | 46 | |
| 7285567645 | Quakers | Called this because they 'quaked' during intense religious practices, Pacifists, wouldn't pay taxes to support Church of England, Treated natives very well | 47 | |
| 7285580000 | William Penn | Aristocratic Englishman, Quaker who received a grant from the King to establish a colony, which he named Pennsylvania, Bought land from Natives, Treated Natives very well | 48 | |
| 7285642329 | Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur | Persuaded many people, through his writings, that there was a "classless" society in America and that people could easily climb the social ladder, even if they were dirt poor. | 49 | |
| 7285649015 | Jonathan Edwards | A prominent preacher, who taught during the Great Awakening. Told everyone he preached to that they will burn in hell unless they repent of all of their sins to God. Left out the grace of God and the resurrection of Jesus from his sermons. These sermons became widespread around the colonies | 50 | |
| 7285650944 | George Whitefield | A traveling preacher during the Great Awakening. Significant because he traveled around, spreading the idea of The Great Awakening. He went to Georgia, where the rejects lived, so that everyone could hear this message | 51 | |
| 7285650945 | James Oglthorpe | Founded Georgia as a haven for debtors | 52 | |
| 7285670784 | Southern Colonies | Not Really diverse, Indigo was huge, Plantation farming started here, Bad Relations with Indians, Slavery | 53 | |
| 7285688841 | Nation State | Another word for a country, inhabited by people of the same ethnicity | 54 | |
| 7285705976 | Grandparents | New England colonies 'invented' them because of the large lifespan of people | 55 | |
| 7285710657 | Scots-Irish | Group who settled in the "Last Frontier", the Appalachians, and made a profit by distilling their crops into whiskey. Settled in the last frontier to get away from government. | 56 |
