Explorers
Who made the first Spanish landing on mainland America?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Who conquered the Aztec people?
Hernado Cortez
What did the old deluder satan act establish?
town schools
Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
Sir Francis Drake
Who helped the Pilgrims by acting as an interpreter?
Squanto
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco De Balboa
What is the incident where a man made the indians and colonies attack each other over government protection?
Bacon's Rebellion
What was the House of Burgesses setting a precedent for?
Representative government.
What revived trade interest in the East?
Crusades
What missionary worked on Martha's Vineyard with the Wampanoag people?
Thomas Mayhew
Who discovered the Grand Canyon?
Francisco Coronado
What country hired Christopher Columbus to sail to the New World?
Spain
What was the colony that was a haven for Catholics?
Maryland
Who posted the 95 theses and nailed them to a church door?
Martin Luther
What missionary translated the Bible into Algonquian?
John Eliot
Who explored the Mississippi?
Jaques Cartier
Who settled Providence, Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
Who founded Pennsylvania and Delaware?
William Penn
Who invented the movable-type printing press
Johann Gutenburg
Who was the first governor of Plymouth who married Pocohantas in the movie (not real life).
John Carver
What explorer was born in Venice and explored all of Asia?
Marco Polo
Who was the governor of Plymouth who wrote the History of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
What type of government did the colonies set up?
representative
What document did King John of England sign, making the King below the law?
Magne Carte
What country sponsored Jacques Marquette and Louis to explore the Mississippi?
France