Settlements
The first permanent European settlement in the United States
What is St. Augustine
founded as a haven for Catholics
Maryland
Name of ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World
Mayflower
discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
What revived interest in trade with the East
Crusades
First permanent French settlement in the New World
What is Quebec
Governor of Pennsylvania also controlled this colony
Delaware
Wrote History of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
Discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
On what island did Columbus make his first landing in the New World?
San Salvador
Colony founded as a haven for Quakers
Pennsylvania
Intended as a settlement for debtor prisoners
Georgia
Puritans and Separatists desired to leave England for this reason
to worship freely
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Crop that became very important to the economic development of Jamestown
Tobacco
The year that the Pilgrims landed at Cape Cod
1620
First governor was John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
The Old Deluder Satan Act established
a town school system
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
What precedent did Jamestown set with the House of Burgesses?
representative government
The first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
First governor was John Carver
Plymouth
English-speaking Indian that lived in Plymouth, acted as a guide and interpreter, and taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and fish
Squanto
Made the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America
Ponce de Leon
What set a precedent for a voluntary union of the colonies?
New England Confederation