Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay or Plymouth
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Miscellaneous Questions
100

included some gentlemen who refused to work and became profitable once the leaders dealt with their problems

Jamestown

100

He wanted to find a new trade route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

Christopher Columbus

100

they wanted to spread Catholicism in the New World and sell furs for a profit in Europe

French

100

they established the first colony of Jamestown

England
100

Who wanted to bring the Church of England in line with the Bible?

Puritans

200

colony where only half of the people survived the first winter

Plymouth

200

He was a Spanish priest and he tried to improve the way the native peoples in the New World were treated. 

Bartolome de Las Casas

200

they wanted to spread Protestantism in the New World

English

200

they found Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence RIver

France

200

Who wanted to start their own churches because they thought the Church of England would not change?

Separatists

300

formed their own government and became self-governing

Massachusetts

300

He told the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony that their community must be a model of Christian love. 

John Winthrop

300

they funded a voyage to begin a colony, hoping the colonists would pay them back in gold from the New World

Virginia Company 

300

they established a settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, New Foundland

Vikings

300

By sailing around the tip of Africa, they found a water route from Europe to India. 

Portuguese

400

formed by wealthy Puritan men who joined the colonists in North America

Massachusetts Bay Colony 
400

He wanted to make New Netherland a place where everyone shared the same religious beliefs. 

Peter Stuyvesant

400

they wanted to gain furs and timber from the New World

Dutch

400

they established the colony of New Netherlands

Dutch

400

In the New World, the Spanish disrespected these people by forcing them to accept Catholicism. 

Taino

500

planted crops in a field that was already cleared with the help of Tisquantum 

Plymouth

500

The rules of the Dutch West India Company were not enforced in New Netherland by this man. 

Peter Minuit

500

they struggled to obey both King Charles I and the Bible, so they formed Massachusetts Bay Colony to settle in the New World

Puritans

500

they established a colony that mysteriously disappeared

England

500

Explorers used caravels, which were lightweight ships with what type of sails?

triangular

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