Columbus
In _____ Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1492
San Augustine, Flordia was named this because
The settlers found the land on Saint Augustine's Feast Day
France mostly landed
In the Northern part of the New World, now known as Canada
England hired these people to steal money from Spanish ships
Privateers (aka pirates)
Circumnavigate means
to travel around something in a ship
The New World is not called Columbia because
Amerigo Vespucci lied and said that he discovered the New World first. The rumor was so wide spread that the New World became known as the "America's" after Vespucci's Christian name
Cibola is
the seven cities of gold
Samuel de Champlain settled this area for France and named it ______, thus beginning "New France"
Quebec
Jamestown was the Virginia colony that
Struggled for three years, but finally survived because they began planting and selling tobacco. This became a great source of money for England.
The Norwest passage is
The path to the Orient from the North. Searchers knew they couldn't get to the Indies through South America, so they tried going North instead.
Columbus was looking for
A trade route to the Indies
The Indians rose up against Spanish rule because
The Spanish explorers were cruel to the native people. They forced labor on them, abused them, and were not kind in spreading the faith.
This brought many uprisings to the Spanish settlements
This religious group was sent by France to covert the native people to Catholicism
The Jesuits
England did not explore for a time because
the protestant reformation was going on at the time
Father Marquette
Was a Jesuit priest who spread the faith throughout North America (Including WI!) journeying down the Mississippi River
Columbus's expedition was a success because
He discovered the New World which began the Age of Exploration
This person led the Cibola expidition
Francisco Vasques de Cornonado
Jacques Cartier set off on three expeditions and founded _______, and many settlements along ___________ River
Newfoundland
St. Lawrence River
Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found a settlement
on Roanoke Island, Virginia.
This is the home of the "lost colony"
The threefold purpose of these expeditions was
1) for a trade route for spices to bring wealth to their countries
2) for gold
3) to spread the Catholic faith
Columbus's expedition was a failure because
He did not find a route to the Indies and therefore did not establish a trade route for spices
Spain found the most success in founding colonies in this part of the New World
In the Southern part, which is now known as Mexico and Peru
The war between the Catholics and the _______ kept France from exploring the New World for a while
Huguenots
England only had a few settlements succeed in the New World but this led to
Great interest in exploring the new world, which led to the foundation of the Virginia Trading Company
John Rolfe founded this colony
Virginia colony