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What role did the renaissance play in launching the age of exploration? The renaissance meant that the Europeans now wanted luxury items and wealth, which caused the age of exploration.
What was Prince Henry's goal and who achieved it? Prince Henry's goal was to spread Christian faith and to go to the sources of all the luxury items.
What European countries were competing for Asian trade during the age of exploration? Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, England, and France
Who was Prince Henry? He was the son of the Portuguese king who was a supporter of exploration and he wanted to spread Christian faith
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? A treaty that Spain and Portugal signed to that they would both honor the line that went through the Atlantic ocean. Spain had most of the Americas.All land to the East was Portugal's
Who was Hernando Cortes? A Spaniard who landed on the shores of Mexico
Who was Christopher Columbus? A Genoese sea captain
Why were most of the Spanish explorers drawn to the Americas? They were drawn because of the rumors of vast lands filled with gold and silver.
Which country was the richest and most powerful in the 16th century and why? Spain was the richest and most powerful country in the 16th century because they had stocks of gold from the Aztec and Inca empires.
What process did Columbus and his followers begin? Exploration of the Americas.
What was a basic difference between French and English attitudes about the land they acquired in North America? The english pushed Native Americans away for tobacco fields but French cooperated with them for fur trade
What was the main result of the French and Indian War? To determine who got the land in Ohio River Valley
What were some of the results for Native Americans of European colonization of North America? War and disease
What is Jamestown? Land on the coast of Virginia named after King James
Who were Pilgrims? They were a group of people who, in 1620, founded the colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution in England.
How did enslaved Africans resist their bondage? They made themselves less productive by breaking tools, uprooting plants,and working slowly.
What effect did the spread of Islam have on the slave trade? Slavery increased because of the spread of Islam.
How did African slaves contribute to the development of the Americas? They contributed their labor to the development.
What was the Middle Passage? The Voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies. And later to North and South America to be sold as slaves-so called because it was considered the middle leg of the Triangular trade.
What was the triangular trade? The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, Europe, England,the West indies and the colonies in the Americas.
What were some of the food items that traveled from the Americas to the rest of the world? tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, and cacao beans and turkey
What food and livestock from the rest of the world traveled to the Americas? horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs, bananas, black-eyed peas, and yams. Grains introduced to the Americas included wheat,rice, barley, and oats. black-eyed peas, and yams. Grains introduced to the Americas included wheat, rice, barley, and oats.
Why the Colombian Exchange is considered a significant event? Over time, they had steady diets which made people live longer and increased the population
What was the Colombian Exchange? An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World to the New World

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What was the basic difference between french and english attitudes about the land they acquired in north america?

The French came to be fur traders and travel and work with the Indians. The British came to farm.


What was the first successful English colony in America?

Jamestown was the first successful English colony in America


Where did the English settle?

in north america?


When did America beat the british?

The Revolutionary War, English surrendered to America at Yorktown.


What is the first English settlement in America?

Jacksonville, Florida

What was the main difference between French and English goals in the new world?

Unlike the French and Dutch who lived peacefully with the native Americans by trading furs with the Indians, the English sought to populate their colonies in North America. This meant pushing the natives off their land.

How were the Dutch and French colonies different from the English colonies?

How were the Dutch and French colonies different from the Enflish colonies in North America? THe English colonies were more populated; while the Dutch and French colonies were established mainly for commerical reasons, New England was begun for religious reasons.

What was the major result of the French and Indian war?

The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.

What was the main result of the French and Indian war quizlet?

What was the main result of the french and indian war? France's departure from North America. the british got land east go the Mississippi and the spanish got west of the Mississippi.