Explorers
best-known Viking adventurer who found a new land in present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland
the Mesoamerican group whose name means “rubber people.”
Olmec
The man who helped Jamestown survive by demanding obedience, requiring every man to work, and initiating a relationship with the Indians, was _
John Smith
Land
unless Englishmen inherited land, they had little hope of owning their own property. There was plenty of land in America which gave the opportunity of hope and improvement.
Middle Passage
the journey slaves made under horrible conditions from Africa to the Americas.
Spanish explorer who traveled through the Southwest in search of the legendary cities of Cibola and who saw the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
Animism
The belief that all natural objects, whether living or non-living, have souls
Jamestown
Founded in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America
Many Englishmen went to America seeking freedom from oppressive rule.
political freedom
English sailor who plundered Spanish ports in South America, sailed around South America and across the Pacific Ocean, returning triumphantly to England, was
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish explorer who started in Florida and traveled through the Southeast until he reached the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
three hardships the early Jamestown settlers faced
(1) food shortages, (2) disease, (3) impure drinking water, (4) Indian attacks, and (5) fires
How did America got its name
Amerigo Vespucci
colonies would provide raw materials and create new markets for England’s goods, which would help England compete against Spain’s great wealth.
National Wealth
A reason for exploring:
investors paid the expenses of many colonists, hoping that raw materials from the colonies would return a profit.
Personal riches
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer who has been called the Father of New France and who built the fort which later became the city of Quebec
T/F: Much of the early exploration focused on finding new routes to the Indies (Far East) to obtain spices, silk, porcelain, gems, and other valuable trade goods.
True
the first representative assembly in America where Representatives gathered to pass laws for the good of the colony. This became a model for other colonies and eventually the form of America’s government.
the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the beginning of the American Republic
Religious freedom
Many thought that settlements in America would be havens where they could escape persecution and worship God freely.
a reason for exploring: England wanted to stop the advance of Spain and Catholicism and prevent the Indians from forming alliances with the Spanish.
English domination
John Cabot
explorer who claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England in 1497
English nobleman who organized two expeditions to Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh
How the defeat of the Spanish Armada changed the power structure in Europe and the New World
Spain lost power in Europe and the New World,
England had an open door for colonization in the New World.
North America was colonized by a Protestant rather than Catholic nation.
ecause little was known of the New World, many explorers had dreams of adventure.
adventure