PEOPLE
Who explored for Spain, and first set foot on the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
The colony of New Amsterdam is now known as?
New York City
Governor of New Netherland
Peter Stuysevant
When a person agreed to work for another person for a specific period of time to pay off a debt they were called...
Indentured Servants
This royal worked to help his nation become skilled at exploration
Prince Henry
Who wrote about the mistreatment of American Indians?
Las Casas
This colony was built in a poor spot and many of the colonists there would not work
Jamestown
Governor of Jamestown
John Smith
This Patuxant Indian taught colonists how to grow new foods.
Squanto
Tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location
Quadrant
Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?
John Smith
The place where these colonists landed was largely uninhabited.
Plymouth
First governor of Massachusetts Bay COlony
John Winthrop
This person served Portugal by exploring the west coast of Africa
Dias
a group of traders who travel together over long distances to trade and sell their goods
Caravan
The people who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings
Puritans
This colony's leaders had greater freedom because its leaders were here in America.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who was Jamestown colony named for?
King James I of England
First European to sail around Africa's tip
Dias
This invention allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing.
compass
Chief of several Woodland Indian tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area
Powhatan
This colony's governor made people attend church twice a day and work for their food.
Jamestown
This colony set up a congregational church government
Massachusetts Bay COlony
This explorer reached India after sailing for a year
De Gama
First explorer to sail from Europe to India
Vasco De Gama