This Italian explorer was sent to search for a faster route to the Spice Islands of Asia by two Spanish monarchs, but failed and found North America instead.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
This early colony was located on an island off the coast of what is now North Carolina.
What is the Roanoke Colony/Lost Colony.
100
This disease, introduced by Europeans, killed many members of the Native American populations in North and South America.
What is smallpox.
100
This company gained permission to start a colony in Virginia and had two locations, on in London and one in Plymouth.
What is the Virginia Company.
100
This religious movement led to England breaking away from the Catholic Church, and Henry VIII creating the Church of England.
What is the Protestant Reformation.
200
This Spanish explorer is responsible for the destruction of the Aztec Empire of Central America.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
This man was appointed governor of the first English colony in the New World.
Who is John White.
200
This settlement was set up as a way to make money in the New World, and almost failed due to its lack of agriculture and preparation for winter.
What is Jamestown.
200
When the company in charge of the Virginia colony went bankrupt the King of England turned their charter colony into this type of colony.
What is a royal colony.
200
These people left England after they began to face religious persecution for their strict views on the Bible and morality. They first settled in the Netherlands before leaving for the New World.
Who are the Separatists/Puritans.
300
This Spanish explorer/captain conquered the Inca with less than 200 men by pitting two royal brothers against each other, creating a civil war.
Who is Francisco Pizarro.
300
This man was a favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, and gained her permission to start an English colony in the New World.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh.
300
This colonist became a leader in Virginia, but more than likely lied about his interactions with the native tribe and a certain young Powhatan girl.
Who is John Smith.
300
The first colony in Virginia is named after this monarch, who granted its founders a charter to begin settlement.
Who is King James I.
300
These events occurred when young girls claimed that they were being tormented by evil spirits sent by their neighbors, who were accused of being agents of the Devil.
What are the Salem Witch Trials.
400
This man was once a slave owner in the Americas, but came to see the horrors that the native peoples suffered and turned into an advocate for their freedom.
Who is Bartolome de las Casas.
400
This child was the first English person born in the New World, and the granddaughter of the colony's governor.
Who is Virginia Dare.
400
This man introduced the growth of tobacco to the colony and saved the colony from economic failure. He also married the Powhatan chief's daughter, Pocahontas.
Who is John Rolfe.
400
This contract of behavior between colonists is a direct predecessor to the Constitution, and was signed by 41 men before they reached land.
What is the Mayflower Compact.
400
This woman began holding Bible studies in her home and was viewed as a threat to the social and religious structure of the Puritan community, leading to her banishment.
Who is Anne Hutchinson.
500
These two monarchs married and united Spain into one country, forming a Christian monarchy that drove out both Jews and Moors from the country.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
500
This war kept supplies from reaching the English colony in the new world for over two years, possibly causing their disappearance.
What is the Anglo-Spanish War.
500
This group of men was the first form of representative government in the New World.
What is the House of Burgesses.
500
This man was appointed governor of Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Bay Company, and was later re-elected 12 times by the colonists.
Who is John Winthrop.
500
This sermon was written by the governor of Massachusetts and preached the importance of being a model of morality for the rest of the world.
What is John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity."