Vocabulary
A document giving permission to a group to do something.
What is a charter?
How were Roanoke and Jamestown similar?
They were both colonies started by the English and led by men named John.
He was the first governor of Plymouth?
Who was William Bradford?
This tribe first fought with the colonists of Jamestown but later made peace when their leader married a woman from this tribe, named Pocahontas.
Who were the Powhatans?
Two timelines that show events from two different areas/countries/regions.
What are parallel timelines?
The Spanish word for a large fleet of ships.
What is an armada?
How were Roanoke and Jamestown different?
Roanoke was not successful; the colony disappeared mysteriously. Jamestown was successful; they had a strong leader who made everyone worked hard.
They were the group that wanted to create a community based on their religious beliefs; they settled in the Massachusetts area in 1630.
Who were the Puritans?
The tribe that lived near the missing Roanoke colony; their name was carved on a tree in the abandoned settlement.
Who were the Croatoan?
To find the number of years between two dates on parallel timelines, you ...
Find the difference, subtract the smaller number from the larger number.
Respecting beliefs that are different from one's own.
What is tolerance?
The two New England settlements.
What were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies?
He was a lawyer and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who was John Winthrop?
He was the leader of the nearby Wampanoag.
Who was Massasoit?
He was an Italian explorer who was searching for a water route through North America (a Northwest passage).
Who was John Cabot?
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
Jamestown makes money by planting and harvesting this cash crop to sell in England.
What is tobacco?
In 1608, he founded a fur trading post on the St. Lawrence River, naming it Quebec. It was the first permanent French settlement in North America.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
This American Indian man introduced the Pilgrims to the Wampanoag leaders and helped them to make peace. He showed them how to plant crops.
Who was Squanto?
These two men (one Italian, one French) also searched for a Northwest passage.
Who were Giovonni da Verrazano and Jacques Cartier?
A person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs.
What is a missionary?
Name the French and Dutch colonies.
New France, New Netherland.
This English Sea Captain kept attacking Spanish ships and stealing their silver and gold to send to his Queen.
Who was Francis Drake?
American Indians gave these to the French traders, in exchange for goods like beads, tools, pots, knives, and cloth.
What are the furs of animals like beavers, otters, and foxes?
A Dutch trading company hired this man to look for Northwest passage; he found big bay that is named after him.
Who was Henry Hudson?