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100

Leif Ericson name this land that is now North America.

What was Vineland

100

Explorer after whom our continent is named:

Amerigo Vespucci

100

First English colony in America, which disappeared:

What was Roanoke

100

Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

What were the Puritans

100

Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims

Samoset and Squanto

200

Financed Columbus' first voyage

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

200

The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America

Who is Leif Ericson

200

Established the colony at Roanoke.

Who was Sir Walter Raleigh

200

Puritans that left the Anglican church alltogether:

What were the Separatists

200

Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars' worth of trinkets:

What was Manhattan Island?

300

Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe

Who is Ferdinand Magellan

300

English sailor who discovered Cape Cod

Who is John Cabot

300

First lasting English colony:

What was Jamestown

300

Separatists that sailed to the new land

What were the Pilgrims

300

Protector of England who established the Navigation Act

Who was Oliver Cromwell?

400

French sailor who discovered the St. Lawrence River

Who was Jacques Cartier

400

King of Portugal who suggested it was possible to sail around Africa

Who is Henry the Navigator

400

Head of colony in Jamestown:

Who was Captain John Smith

400

The agreement that established a form of government for the Pilgrims:

What was the Mayflower compact

400

Borderline separating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

What was the Mason-Dixon Line

500

First English sailor to circle the globe

Who was Sir Francie Drake

500

First European to reach India by sea:

Who is Vasco da Gama

500

First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia

What was the House of Burgess

500

Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:

What was the Navigation Act.
500

Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

What was Bacon's Rebellion