Spanish
This language became the most widely spoken in Spanish colonies.
What is Spanish?
This modern-day city was once called New Amsterdam by the Dutch.
What is New York City?
The Person who first circled around the Earth
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The two states that use to make up this company
What is Maryland and Virginia?
This was the main reason why the Pilgrims and Puritans came to New England.
What is religious freedom?
These Spanish conquerors claimed large areas of land in the Americas.
Who are conquistadors?
This European country controlled the colony of New Netherland.
What is the Netherlands (or Holland)?
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The man who founded Maryland
Who is Lord Cecil Calvert Baltimore?
This colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
What is Plymouth Colony?
This city, founded in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
What is St. Augustine?
The French colony in North America was mainly located along this major river.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The Explorer that gave his first name to America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The Colony that disappeared into thin air in Virginia
What is the Roanoke Colony
This Native American helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter by teaching them how to farm.
Who is Squanto?
This crop, grown on large plantations, became a major source of wealth for the Spanish in the Caribbean.
What is Sugarcane?
This was the main economic activity of the French in North America.
What is the fur trade?
The founder of the St. Lawrence River
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The second town founded in Virginia
What is Jamestown?
This colony was started by Roger Williams for religious freedom and separation of church and state.
What is Rhode Island?
The name of the Native American uprising against the Spanish.
What is the Pueblo Revolt
This explorer claimed land for France in Canada and helped establish Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Best known for leading the Conquistadors into the Inca Empire
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The year Jamestown was founded.
What is 1607?
This type of economy developed in New England due to rocky soil and a cold climate.
What is Fishing or small scale farming?