Ture or False
The French wanted to establish commerce, and trade with the Indians. The Spanish wanted gold, and the British wanted to settle.
True
These explorers traveled into parts of Tennessee. Unfortunately one of these explorers would be killed by an Indian guide named Indian John.
Arthur and Needham
Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
This exploration saw two mean head into Occaneechi Indian land to establish trade with native peoples.
Wood and Bland
In 1606 King James grants charters to this land company collectively called_______________________
The Virginia Land Company
Isaac Van Meter was an Irish settler, who would acquire over 40,000 acres of land with his brother John.
False, German
This man would play a huge role in directing, and organizing many of the explorations in western Virginia. He was also apart of an early exploration with Edward Bland.
Abraham Wood
Germans primarily settled _____________, while Scots-Irish settled ___________.
Eastern Panhandle, Greenbrier Valley
This exploration traveled to present day Monroe County and followed the New River. They used hot irons to mark trees with CR.
This explorer rewarded his companions with a golden horseshoe, inscribed with the Latin phrase "Sic jurat transendre montes" which translates to _______________________
Thus we crossed the mountains
Many European settlers fled their home land for the New World because of the war torn area known as the Rhine Valley.
True
Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville
Virginia land policies granted settlers 1,000 acres to each____________ and their family.
Speculator
This expedition strengthened Great Britain's claim on the Ohio Valley.
Batts and Fallam
This explorer named the Cumberland Gap, and inspected over 8000,000 acres of land.
Thomas Walker/Dr. Walker
The early explorers to enter western Virginia were primarily from Tidewater and Piedmont areas
True
These two explorers would name the Coal River
Howard, and Salling
This cultural group founded a settlement at Draper's Meadows.
Scots-Irish
This explorations goal was to break up the monopoly on fur trade held by the Occaneechi people. Ultimately one one of these explorers were killed by an Indian guide.
Needham and Arthur
Captain Christopher Newport and his ship named the___________ landed in Jamestown.
Susan Constant
By the end of Chapter 8 the British have more control of North America than the French.
Who was the first European explorer to enter what is now West Virginia?
John Lederer
This settler was one of the first in western Virginia. They were born in Wales, and built a cabin near present day Martinsburg.
Morgan Morgan
This exploration ranged from the Kanawha river, to the Monongahela river. The journey was led by a surveyor who kept a detailed journal of his accounts.
Christopher Gist
Wood and Bland's expedition provided a published work which Bland publishes called_______________________
The Discovery of New Brittaine