Important Terms
In what year did Columbus discover the New World?
1492
Who was the first to use the term "New World"?
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Which Dutch explorer claimed New York for Holland?
Henry Hudson
What was the group of representatives who helped govern Virginia?
House of Burgesses
In what year was Jamestown founded?
1607
Who was the first European to find land in the Western Hemisphere?
Leif Ericson
Who was the founder of Hartford, Connecticut, and the writer of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
Which plan did William Penn create for how Pennsylvania would be governed fairly?
Charter of Privileges
What was the first permanent settlement in Carolina?
Charlestown or Charleston
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Who claimed the east coast of North America for England?
John Cabot
Who was the founder of New Hampshire?
John Mason
What was New York called when it was a Dutch colony?
New Netherland
What was Calvert's reason for starting the Maryland colony?
Religious freedom for the Catholics
What was the first college in America founded to train ministers to preach the Gospel?
Harvard
Who claimed land now known as Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Who was the founder of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What was the first successful settlement in Delaware?
New Sweden
What was Oglethorpe's reason for starting the Georgia colony?
to help those in debtor's prison
What was a large farm in the South where cotton, tobacco, and other crops were grown?
plantation
Who conquered Mexico for Spain?
Hernando Cortes
Who was the governor of Connecticut?
John Winthrop, Jr.
What English Quaker was given land in the New World as a repayment from King Charles II?
William Penn
What was the first settlement in Georgia?
Savannah