Name that Explorer
The "sea dog" that founded Roanoke colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Appeared in the New World after escaping a ship wreck in Bermuda. His arrival saved the Jamestown economy.
John Rolfe
A new type of ship that led the way for European exploration. Not to be confused with the older model that had the square sails.
caravel
Conquered by Cortez. This Native American civilization was known by their terrifying sacrifices.
The Aztecs.
The colony that was home to the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
Massachusetts or Massachusetts Bay Colony
Created two logs during his venture. One was accurate and one was falsified to fool his crew into thinking they had been out to sea for a shorter amount of time than they actually had been.
Christopher Columbus
Sent on almost an old fashioned publicity tour for Jamestown as the model for a success story of the colony.
Pocahontas
conquistadores
A word used to mean chief.
sachem
Virginia
A man of countless talents. A true asset for any exploration. Hired by the Spanish to go to Hispaniola to further the failures of Columbus. A name you will recognize.
Amerigo Vespucci
He made the lazy work and this did not fair well for his popular vote when they asked for him not to come back following his tragic accident in 1609.
John Smith
Vital crops for the European economy. Often produced by the colonies in the New World and shipped back to the Old World to generate substantial profit.
staple crops
Tribal group that was known to be an enemy of the french.
Iroquois Confederacy
Became a refuge for those seeking religious freedom. If you were banished from the Puritans, you likely went here.
Rhode Island
The french man that sailed the Mississippi River to found a new area that would become a state and was named after the French monarch of the time.
Robert Renė Cavalier
He sailed back to England and was held there by the queen, until he fought with the English Navy to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Governor White
privateer
This Native American tribe had motivation to befriend the Pilgrims following the loss of 90 percent of their tribe.
Wampanoag
Colony is named after a queen. The land was granted to a Lord who a famous city within the colony turned state is currently named after. It was aspired to be a refuge for Catholics.
Sent by the Portuguese to copy the route of Bartolomeu Dias. However, he was told to sail a little further west to look for more land. He sails too far and bumps into another country.
Pedro Cabral
He believed in separation between church and government. This made him unwelcome in his community.
Roger Williams
The backing for the first English colonies in the New World. An organization that allowed individuals to invest in the colony. The Virginia Company is an example.
joint-stock company
The event where English settlers ruthlessly stormed an unprotected fort full of women, children, and elderly Native Americans in 1637. It squashed Native American resistance for forty years.
The Pequot Massacre
King Charles II grants his brother, a Duke, dutch occupied land in the new world. He names this colony after his name.
New York