What year did Christopher Columbus sail across the ocean blue? - 1492, Who did Christopher Columbus work for when he sailed to the Western Hemisphere? - The King of Spain, What did Christopher Columbus hope to find by sailing west? - A shortcut to India, Colony - A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country. Basically, a powerful area takes over another area., Mestizo - A person whose parents/ancestors are Spanish and Native American, What was the Encomienda system? - A system of slavery of natives set up by conquistadors, Name three US states that were once colonies of Spain. - Alabama, Arizona, and Florida, What is the Columbian Exchange? - The exchange/trade of different animals and plants from the different hemispheres of the world, Fill in the blank: The west got _______, cows, pigs; the east got tomatoes, corn, cocoa during the Columbian Exchange. - horses, Joint Stock Companies - England allowed private companies to come to the Western Hemisphere to try and make a profit, What was the first English colony in America? - Jamestown, Why did the colonists in Jamestown initially struggle to survive? - They were looking for gold and neglected farming, Fill in the blank: The colonists in Jamestown eventually survived and created profit by farming _______. Options: tobacco, corn, wheat, cotton - tobacco, Why did the Puritans come to New England? - To escape religious persecution,

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