• Context has two levels, immediate short term, and broad long term

• Context is how certain historical circumstances shape a larger event

• Africans, Native American tribes, and Europeans coming in contact with each other resulted in the Columbian Exchange

• Europeans brought goods such as turkeys, pineapples, peanuts, and tomatoes from America into Europe

• Europe brought goods such as pears, coffee beans, bananas, and onions into America

• Various livestock and diseases were also brought into America

The New World

European Colonization

• Spain colonized most of the East

• Portugal colonized most of the west of South America

• France colonized most of the current day Northern United States and Canada

• Britain colonized Western Canada and a small amount of Western United States

• Russia colonized the area around Alaska

New England Colonies:

• Maine (Massachusetts)

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

Middle Colonies:

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Delaware

Southern Colonies:

• Maryland

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

3 G’s:

• Gold- fame and territory

• God- religion

• Glory- Economy (money)