What is expansionism in the early colonial period?
Territorial enlargement driven by royal charters to private investors.
Which countries competed after Columbus's first voyage for gold and a Northwest Passage?
Spain, Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands.
What caused the First Anglo-Powhatan War between 1609 and 1614?
Starving Jamestown settlers pressured Powhatan tribes for food and stole crops.
What was the purpose of the headright system established in 1618?
To grant 50 acres to anyone who paid for their own or another's passage.
Expansionism (colonial era) - label
Territorial growth via royal charters.
Post-Columbus competition
Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands search for resources.
Early English failure
Roanoke Island failed due to disease and tribal violence.
Powhatan Wars
Conflicts between English settlers and Powhatan tribe.
Pequot War ended
1600s; Pequots dispersed among Mohegan, Narragansett.
King Philip’s War
Native Wampanoag leader Metacom fought New England settlers.
Treaty of Tordesillas
1494; divided New World between Spain and Portugal.
Test your knowledge with 11 questions on Native Peoples and American Expansion.
1. Regarding early colonial expansionism, which of the following statements are correct?
2. The Treaty of Tordesillas is accurately described by which statements?
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