Early Explorers
Founded a school of navigation and financed voyages
Prince Henry the Navigator
In 1585 he sent 108 English men to Virginia to settle a new colony known as Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
He was the military leader of the Pilgrims
Captain Miles Standish
Washington's important assignment into Ohio country while in the Virginia militia was this
deliver a letter to the French
Name of the first battle of the war
Battle of Lexington
Names of Columbus's ships
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Friendly neighboring tribe whom the Roanoke settlers may have joined
Croatan
This was the Pilgrim's governing document
The Mayflower Compact
Occupation of and religion of British during the French and Indian War
farmers and settlers; Reformed Protestants
Revere and Dawes
Columbus intended to sail to the West Indies but instead landed here
Off the coast of Florida in the Bahamas
In Jamestown, the years 1609-1610 were difficult times known by this name
the Starving Time
Date of the Salem Witch Trials
1692
Occupation and religion of the French
trappers and traders / Roman Catholics
Warned Concord that the British were coming
Dr. Samuel Prescott
Explorer who searched for Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon
Who contributed the cash crop of tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
Native American who assisted the Pilgrims with planting and harvesting crops
Squanto
Site of the last major battle of the French and Indian War
Quebec
Hancock and Adams
First explorer to see the Grand Canyon
What were the names of the 3 ships who brought 120 male colonists to Jamestown?
Susan Constant, Discovery, Godspeed
Name of the Pilgrims colony
Plymouth Plantation
Which acts punished the colonies for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
The actual location of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Breed's Hill