England
This cash crop made the English colony at Jamestown financially successful
Tobacco
To gain wealth, and to spread Catholicism through conversions
This French explorer made it to what is now the St. Lawrence River, and what would become New France in the Western Hemisphere
Jacques Cartier
This Spanish explorer sought a fictional 'fountain of youth' in Florida, but was never successful
Ponce de Leon
These two countries were considered by Columbus to pay for his voyage to the "New World"
Spain and Portugal
Though this English explorer did not colonize or settle in any territory outside of England, he did claim land on behalf of England and the English crown
John Cabot
This is the oldest Spanish settlement/city in the colony of "La Florida"
St. Augustine
This French explorer was the first European to reach the harbor of what would become 'New York'
Giovanni de Verranzano
Searching for cities of gold in the Southwest, this Spanish explorer visited the Grand Canyon, the Rio Grande in Texas and went as far into North America as to reach modern-day Kansas
Francisco de Coronado
Italy
This island was a failed English colony off the coast of North Carolina
Roanoke Island
These two Spanish monarchs paid for Columbus' voyage to the New World
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Not wanting to be out-competed by the Spanish, this French king sent explorers on behalf of France to the New World
King Francois I.
This Franciscan priest spread a message in Mexico City that cities of gold existed in modern-day Arizona; in modern times, a high school in Tempe, Arizona is named after him
Reaching this region/continent was the goal of Christopher Columbus
Asia/East Indies
This explorer followed Sir Francis Drake in exploring what would become the middle part of the eastern North American Atlantic Ocean, on behalf of England and named the colony of "Virginia" on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I.
Walter Raleigh
This country, a neighbor to Spain, sent an explorer to the East Indies, just before Columbus tried to make it to the East Indies.
Portugal
Trading, hunting for furred animals, fishing, lumber jacking with this group, led to France generating its wealth in the New World
Native Americans/Indians
This explorer, though not first to reach the Western Hemisphere named the 'New World' after himself, or else the two Western Hemisphere continents might've been named differently
Amerigo Vespucci
This city was meant to be the "New Paris" of the New World, though it didn't have that name, it ended up being a major French city in a New France without many major cities
New Orleans (Louisiana)
This English leader's wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel who paid for Columbus' trip to the New World
Henry VIII
This compass-like instrument was essential in Columbus reaching the New World
Name one of the French Jesuit martyrs who gave their life for the Gospel, leading to the conversion of many Native Americans including St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Jean de Brebeuf; Isaac Jouges, and companions
This Englishman, and close friend of Elizabeth I, circumnavigated the entire world, leading to some claims of territory for the English queen
Sir Francis Drake
This physical feature in North America, sought for by the French, was meant to be a shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as the Europeans still looked for an easy way to reach Asia.
Northwest Passage