People and Groups
This group wanted to bring the church in line with the Bible.
Puritans
The Vikings established a settlement in the New World at this place.
L'Anse aux Meadows
These early explorers most likely sailed from Greenland to Newfoundland around 1021.
Vikings
Some gentlemen in this colony were not used to hard work, and some refused to work at all.
Jamestown
Jamestown colonists learned that all members of a community needed to do their share of the work.
True
This explorer wanted to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to reach Asia.
Christopher Columbus
No one knows for sure why the English colony of this place disappeared.
Roanoke
This European group found a water route from Europe to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
Portuguese
This colony was funded by wealthy Puritan men who joined the colonists in North America.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Only half of the Pilgrims survived their first winter at Jamestown.
False- plymouth
This Jamestown leader said that colonists who did not work would not eat.
John Smith
Quarreling among the governing council and sickness from bad water and diseases were problems faced by this colony.
Jamestown
This tool used the position of the stars to help sailors find their location.
astrolabe
Colonists who did not follow the economic system set up by the Dutch West India Company hurt this colony.
New Netherland
The churches in Massachusetts Bay made their own decisions and appointed their own leaders.
True
This Patuxet man taught the Pilgrims how to grow food in the New World.
Tisquantum
The Pilgrims were thankful for this place because they could live and worship according to the Bible.
Plymouth
This type of ship was lightweight and had triangular sails.
caravel
Peter Stuyvesant was a leader of this colony.
New Netherland
The French wanted to spread Protestantism in the New World, while the Spanish wanted to spread Catholicism.
False — The French wanted to spread Catholicism.
This Spanish priest tried to improve the way native people in the New World were treated.
Bartolomé de las Casas
This colony was a light to the world and inspired American Christians.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
This half-circle tool was used to find latitude.
quadrant
What happened after the leaders of Jamestown dealt with the colony's problems?
The colony became profitable and eventually chose its own leaders.
By discovering the New World, da Gama made one of Europe's most important discoveries.
False — Christopher Columbus