People
Who discovered the New World in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Who was the wealthy Quaker who founded Pennsylvania and Delaware?
William Penn
What was the first permanent European settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
Magna Carta
Officially began when Henry VIII broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church
English Reformation
Who was the Viking that said to North America in A.D. 1000
Leif Ericson
Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
John Winthrop
What was the first European settlement in California?
San Diego
Spanish conquerors who subdued the natives of the New World
conquistadors
Volunteer militia against the Indians; insisted that the frontier was entitled to the same protection as the colonies
Bacon's Rebellion
Who was the first Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America?
Ponce de Leon
Who was the Puritan scientist who helped to introduce the smallpox inoculation in America?
Cotton Mather
What colony was established by Roger Williams?
Rhode Island
Supposed sea route to the Far East through the waters of North America
Northwest Passage
The founding of Jamestown
1607
Who was the head of Plymouth's military defense force?
Miles Standish
Who was the first American member of the Royal Society of London?
John Winthrop Jr.
What was the first successful settlement in Delaware called?
New Sweden
Act passed by the Puritans in 1647 that required towns of a certain size to establish schools to ensure that children learned to read and write.
Old Deluder Satan Act
Dates for the Middle Ages
Who was the first English child born in America?
Virginia Dare
Peter Minuit
What was the strongest center of Christianity among the blacks of the West Indies?
Antigua
Dutch system of colonizing New Netherland through patroons, who would pay for the transport of fifty setters in exchange for large tracts of land along a navigable river.
patroon system
The founding of Quebec
1608