U1 Colonization Vocabulary

The French and the Dutch came to the New World with the goal of finding the ______________, which they believed would increase travel speeds.

• Northwest Passage

• Charter

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• A sought-after sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that Explorers wanted to use to get to Asia

• A sought-after sea passage that connects the Atlantic ocean into Canada

• A sought-after sea passage that was used as a shortcut between Europe and Africa

• A secret passage that explorers used to get to Antartica

The people of Jamestown relied on the __________ given to them by the king to establish rules and government when they arrived in Virginia.

• Charter

• Mayflower Compact

• Imports

• Self Government

CHARTER

• A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony.

• A contract for land

• A formal agreement to send all profits to the king

• A document granting citizenship to those in the new world

Farmers in the South quickly realized that focusing their efforts on growing __________would ultimately increase their wealth.

• Cash Crops

• Rice

• Imports

• Exports

CASH CROPS

• A crop that can be sold easily in markets to earn cash

• A crop that grows cash

• A crop that can be used as currency

• A crop that needs lots of cash in order to grow

As colonists began producing larger quantities of crops and goods, they could ___________ these items back to England.

• Export

• Import

• Triangular Trade

• Charter

EXPORT

• Goods/Items brought in from foreign markets.

• Goods/Items manufactured in the US and then sold to foreign nations.

• Goods/Items manufactured in foreign nations and sold to foreign markets

• Goods/Items manufactured in the US and sold in the US

When the _____________ was established, the number of enslaved people coming to the colonies increased dramatically.

• Triangular Trade

• Northwest Passage

• Charter

• Exports

TRIANGULAR TRADE

• A trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

• The practice of trading triangles.

• A trade route that has four stops such as Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.

• The practice of trading one item three different times.