Explorers
Who claimed land now known as Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Who was the governor of Roanoke?
John White
What was the first settlement in Georgia?
Savannah
Who was a person who agreed to work for a certain number of years until his debt for transportation to the New World was paid?
What was the main colonial textbook for over 150 years?
What was a paddle-shaped board with a sheet of paper attached to it?
New England Primer
HornbookAfter which explorer are North and South America named?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who was the founder of the New Hampshire Colony?
John Mason
What was the first successful settlement in Delaware?
New Sweden
What was the name of the group of government representatives in the Virginia Colony?
House of Burgesses
What was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Who was the first European to find land in the Western Hemisphere?
Leif Ericson
Who was the Dutch explorer who claimed southern New York for Holland?
Henry Hudson
What was the first permanent settlement in America?
St. Augustine, Florida
What is an official permit to begin colonies in the New World?
Charter
What was the first college in America and was founded to train ministers to preach the Gospel?
Harvard
Who claimed the east coast of North America for England?
John Cabot
Who was known as "Lord Baltimore" and wanted to begin the Maryland Colony where people could worship as they chose?
George Calvert
What English settlement in the New World founded by the Pilgrims in 1620?
Plymouth Colony
What is the belief that all men should work, that all work is honorable, and that man serves God best by working faithfully in his calling?
Puritan work ethic
Who were ministers who traveled from place to place preaching the Gospel?
Circuit-riders
Who conquered Mexico for Spain?
Hernando Cortes
Who started the Georgia colony from a desire to help people get out of debtor's prison in England?
James Oglethorpe
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
What was the plan for government in the Pennsylvania Colony?
Charter of Privileges
Who was the founder of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams