New World, New Problems
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean, believing he had reached Asia.
Christopher Columbus
The settlement founded in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
Jamestown
These English Separatists sailed to North America in 1620 seeking religious freedom.
Pilgrims
The 13 colonies were all located along this ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean
Founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims seeking religious freedom, this colony began at Plymouth.
Massachusetts
This explorer realized the lands Columbus reached were not Asia but a “New World,” and the continents were later named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
This colony, founded in 1587, mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind only one carved word.
The Lost Colony of Roanoak
The ship that brought the Pilgrims and Strangers to the New World.
Mayflower
These three regions made up the 13 original colonies.
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
This Quaker founded Pennsylvania and Delaware as havens for Quakers.
William Penn
This English queen encouraged exploration and allowed privateers like Sir Francis Drake to challenge Spain’s dominance at sea.
Queen Elizabeth I
This crop, successfully grown by John Rolfe, helped save Jamestown economically.
Tobacco
These people believed that the Anglican church was too Catholic and wanted to "purify" it from within.
Puritans
Large plantations and cash crops like tobacco were common in this colonial region.
The Southern Colonies
This colony was founded as a benevolent undertaking by James Oglethorpe and was the last of the 13 original colonies to be settled.
Georgia
European explorers searched for this northern water route through North America to reach Asia more quickly.
The Northwest Passage
This Powhatan woman is known for helping the Jamestown settlers and later marrying John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
This 1621 celebration between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag is often called this.
The First Thanksgiving
These colonies were founded mainly for religious reasons and are located in the northernmost region.
The New England Colonies
This land was purchased from the Lenape by the Dutch for trading goods worth about $24. It became New Amsterdam (present-day New York).
Manhattan Island
This French explorer traveled down the Mississippi River in 1682 and claimed the land for France, naming it Louisiana.
Robert René La Salle
This Protestant Queen of England ruled after the English Reformation began. She reigned from 1558-1603.
Queen Elizabeth I
This agreement, signed aboard the Mayflower, established self-government in the Plymouth Colony.
The Mayflower Compact
These colonies were known as the “Breadbasket Colonies” because of their grain production.
The Middle Colonies
This colony was founded by Roger Williams as a place of religious tolerance after he was banished from Massachusetts.
Rhode Island