Colonies
A settlement that is controlled by an outside country
What is a colony?
This explorer was given credit as the first to circumnavigate the globe even though he was killed in
the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines before completing the journey.
Who is Magellan?
Explorer of the region around modern NY--- he was looking for the Northwest Passage but found a river and a bay that were later named after him
Who is Henry Hudson?
In 1621, he helped the Pilgrims survive by showing them how plant and fish in their new land.
Who is Squanto?
After being thrown out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for preaching, she joined Roger Williams in Rhode Island Island in the hope of being able to freely express her religios beliefs. (Religious Freedom)
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
The 13 Colonies were established by what country?
What is Great Britain?
This person was credited with being the first European to discover the Americas 500 years after Leif Erikson had already done it.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The people lost their land to new settlers from European countries
Who are Native Americans?
In the Spanish colonies, they were people of a "mixed" race, Spanish and Native American
Who are mestizos?
Thanks to a German cartographer (mapmaker). Half the world has his name even though his impact on history is small.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The European nation to set up the first permanent colonies in the Americas?
What is Spain?
Spanish explorers like Cortes and Pizarro were called this. . .
What is a conquistador?
This term refers to the trade between the New World and the Old World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Son of the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit, his battle to retain the land and dignity of his people was known as King Philip's War.
Who is Metacom/Metacomet/Philip of Pokanoket?
What didn't John White find when he returned to the colony of Roanoke in 1509.
What are the colonists?
The first successful English colony.
What is Jamestown?
Some European explorers were trying to find this water route to Asia and discovered new lands for France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
What is the northwest passage?
This term refers to the trade involving Africa, Europe and North America for slaves and materials.
What is the triangular trade?
Legend tells that his life was saved by the Powhatan chief's duaghter Pocahontas.
Who is John Smith?
This European nation was able to establish a respectful relationship with Native Americans and produced and extensive system of trapping and trade.
What is France?
Large tracts of land in the 17th-century Dutch colony of New Netherlands was controlled by these people.
Who are patroons?
He established French colonies along the St. Lawrence River in Canada.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The portion of the triangular trade in which slaves were shipped to the Americas is known as this . . .
What is the "middle passage"?
The Catholic priest who attempted to save Native Americans from Spanish persecution but ended up partially responsible for the African slave trade to the New World.
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
The daily reminder of how the English had a great influence on the development of the United States?
What is our language?