Important People
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
The person who founded Roanoke.
What year did Columbus sail?
1492.
How many colonies are there?
13.
What was the word carved on the tree?
Croatoan.
What was the northwest passage?
It was a sea route to Asia.
Who founded jamestown?
John Smith.
Who was the Hudson River named after?
Henry Hudson.
How many regions are in the colonies?
3.
How long was the war with spain?
3 years.
Who got stuck in the ice in the Northwest Passage?
Henry Hudson.
Who was John White?
He was the governor of Roanoke.
Where did Columbus land?
Bahamas.
What was the first colony?
Virginia.
What was the name of John White's grandaughter?
Virginia Dare.
How long were people looking for the Northwest Passage?
400 years.
What was the first form of government in the colonies?
The House Of Burgesses.
Who found North America first?
The Vikings.
What was the last of the thirteen colonies?
Georgia.
Where were the Roanoke people trying to go?
Chesapeake Bay.
Why did they look for it?
Because they were not aloud to go through the border.
Who was Henry Hudson?
The one who almost succeeded in finding the Northwest Passage.
What big mass of land is Europe in?
Eurasia.
What was the first religion in the colonies?
Protestent Christianity.
Who lead the first group to Roanoke?
Ralph Lane.
What happened?
Lots of people got stuck in the ice and never sucseeded.