Colonies
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was divided into the two pieces, the southern half became the state of Massachusetts while the northern half eventually became this..
What is Maine?
The Spanish couple known for their hatred of Muslims, and their investment in Columbus.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The Portuguese Explorer whose crew circumnavigated the globe. He would've too if he wasn't killed during a supply stop
Who is Magellan?
A few references have been made to the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge linking Staten Island and Brooklyn however a second bridge named in his honor (The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge) spans this historic east coast waterway.
What is Narragansett Bay?
The center of the Dutch Colony was the City of New Amsterdam, after the English took control they change the name of the city to its name today...
What is New York?
As mentioned in Round 1, King Henry's love life caused a split from the Catholic Church, establishing this Church still dominating the country today.
What is the Church of England?
This Italian born explorer arrived in what is now Eastern Canada, although the country he sailed for was in no rush to settle there.
Who is John Cabot?
The Colony established between the Merrimack and Piscataqua Rivers
What is New Hampshire?
The British Monarch who was a hardcore Catholic, who died from a cancerous tumor she mistakenly assumed was an unborn child.
Who was Mary?
This Englishman has a Bay and a River named after him. As well regarded as he is now, don't tell that to his crew who mutinied.
Who is Henry Hudson?
The Jamestown settlement is on what is today the James River. Travel that river towards the coast and you arrive in the waters of the major American shipping city.
What is Norfolk, VA?
The term used by the Pilgrims to describe a person's fate even prior to their birth.
What is Predestination?
While everyone else sailed West to the Indies, this explorer reached Asia by sailing around Africa.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The Name of the Native American Tribe carved into the Palisade at the Roanoke Colony
What is Croatoan?
Members of the Society of Friends, this group was influential in the founding of Pennsylvania
Who were the Quakers?
The Captain of the Susan Constant, the ship that brought Captain Smith to the Americas, shares his name with a prominent Virginia Beach college.
Who is Christopher Newport?