Spanish Exploration
This famous spanish conquistador founded St. Augustine and was in search of the famous "fountain of youth".
Ponce De Leon
This company funded the establishment of Jamestown.
What is the Virginia Company of London?
The Pilgrims arrived in North America aboard this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
This European nation founded New Amsterdam.
What is the Dutch?
This European disease killed millions of Native Americans who had no immunity to it.
What is smallpox?
In this year, Spain began its exploration of North America.
What is 1513?
Jamestown was established in this year.
What is 1607?
Plymouth Colony was established by the Pilgrims in this year.
What is 1620?
England took control of New Amsterdam and renamed it New York in this year.
What is 1664?
Native Americans lacked immunity to European diseases for this reason.
What is they had never been exposed to these diseases before?
The primary purpose of Spanish missions in North America was to do this.
What is convert Native Americans to Catholicism?
The period of severe starvation in Jamestown from 1609-1610 is known by this name.
What is the Starving Time?
This written agreement allowed the Pilgrims to govern themselves.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This person founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers with religious freedom
Who is William Penn?
Native Americans sought after these three things
Gold Glory and Land
This system granted Spanish colonists control over Native American labor.
What is the encomienda system?
This crop became the primary cash crop that made Virginia economically successful.
What is tobacco?
This religious group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who are the Puritans?
This crop dominated the economy of South Carolina.
What is rice?
when exploring North America, Europeans were were finding gold and doing this to Native Americans
converting them
This city became the first permanent European settlement in North America.
What is St. Augustine?
This Native American leader controlled the Powhatan Confederacy during early English colonization.
Who is Chief Powhatan?
The Puritans described their vision for Massachusetts Bay Colony using this famous phrase.
What is "a city upon a hill"?
William Penn's "Holy Experiment" was designed to provide this to all colonists.
What is religious freedom?
The encomienda system affected Native American populations by causing this.
What is devastation through overwork and disease?