Explorers
He explored the coast of Africa for Portugal.
Who was Dias?
He made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields.
Who was John Smith?
This allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing.
What is a compass?
Fur trading was a big thing in this settlement.
What is New France?
No one knows what happened to the settlers of this place.
What is Roanoke?
He set foot on the Americas in 1492.
Who was Columbus?
He governed New Netherland.
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
They wanted to purify the Church of England.
Who were Puritans?
This was the capital of New Netherland.
What was New Amsterdam?
This was the first SUCCESSFUL English settlement in America.
What is Jamestown?
He helped Portugal become skilled at exploration.
Who was Prince Henry?
He declared that Native Americans were humans was souls.
Who was the pope?
They did not think the Church of England could be purified, so they started their own churches.
Who were Separatists?
When the Spanish came to America, they called their settlement this.
What is New Spain?
A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow food in this colony.
What is Plymouth?
He wrote about the treatment of Native Americans.
Who was Las Casas?
He wanted the Massachusetts Bay Colony to be a model of Christian love.
Who was John Winthrop?
This group of traders travel together to trade and sell goods.
What is a caravan?
These people agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of money.
What is an indentured servant?
This colony was set up as a congregational church government.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
He was the first person to sail from Europe to India.
Who was da Gama?
He was the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Who was Powhatan?
This tool invented by Arabs let sailors determine their location.
What is a quadrant?
Columbus persuaded his men to do this when they wanted to go back.
What is persevere?
This ship brought the Pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?