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Attempted to find a route to India by sailing west; landed in the West Indies in 1492
Viking who landed in North America around 1000 A.D.
Who is Leif Ericson
Translated the Bible into English and gave England the first printed English New Testament
Who was William Tyndale
Translated the entire Bible into English for the first time
Who was John Wycliff
Best known American scientist of the colonial era
Who was Benjamin Franklin
Who is Virginia Dare
Agreed to finance Columbus's expedition to sail west
Who was Ferdinand and Isabella
Served as a guide and interpreter, teaching the Pilgrims how to thrive in the wilderness
Who was Squanto
Stood trial for publishing material criticizing the governor of New York
Who was John Peter Zenger
Portuguese sailor who founded a navigation school and developed the caravel
Who was Henry the Navigato
Protested the Catholic Church by nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door
Who was Martin Luther
Frontiersman who cleared a trail known as the Wilderness Road
Who was Daniel Boone
Credited as the first man to observe that Columbus had discovered a new continent
Who was Amerigo Vespucci
Who was John Cabot
Sailed all the way around Africa to India
Who was Vasco de Gama
Explored the Southeastern United States and discovered the Mississippi River
Who was Hernando de Soto
Led the crew that was first to circumnavigate the world but died during the voyage
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
discovered the Pacific Ocean
Who was Vasco de Balboa
First Pilgrim governor
Who was John Carver
First Englishman to circumnavigate the world
Who was Sir Francis Drake
The greatest portraitist during colonial times
Who was John Singleton Copley
Who was Christopher Columbus
Louisiana was named after me and it gave France hope of establishing an empire in North America
Who was Louis XIV of France
Taught the colonists how to grow tobacco
Who was John Rolfe
Jamestown was founded in 1607 and named after me
Who was James I