Northwest passage
Roanoke and Jamestown
New England Settlements
Dutch and French Colonies
Vocabulary
100

This explorer sail the ocean blue in 1492.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

In 1587, this leader lead a group of settlers to Roanoke.

Who is John White?

100

These people were known also as Separatists because they wanted to separate from the Church of England.

Who were the Pilgrims?

100

This colony was known for its diversity.

What is New Netherland?

100

This is respecting beliefs that are different from one's own.

What is tolerance?

200

This explorer sail across the Atlantic Ocean 5 years after Columbus in 1497.

Who was John Cabot?

200

This Company raised money for the Jamestown settlement by convincing people to invest in their company. 

What is the Virginia Company?

200

This company of London agreed to let the Pilgrims settle in Virginia.

What is the Virginia Company?

200

This Governor of New Netherland was not tolerant and treated his people harshly.

Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

200

This is a person who makes a long journey for religious reasons.

What is a pilgrim?

300

Cabot did not find silk, spices, and riches but did find this off the coast of Canada.

What are rich fishing areas?

300

This colony became known as the "Lost Colony".

What is Roanoke Colony?

300

This native American helped the Pilgrims survive.

Who is Squanto?

300

New France was known for this industry.

What is Fur Trading?

300

This is a crop that people grow and sell to earn money.

What is a cash crop?

400

Jacques Cartier searched for a waterway to Asia by sailing up this Canadian River.

What is the St. Lawrence River?

400

Jamestown was named after this person.

Who was King James I?

400

This religious group disagreed with the Church of England, but did not want to separate.  They wanted to make their religion more pure or free from fault.

Who were the Puritans?

400

Louis Jolliet explored the Mississippi River in search of this body of water.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

400

This is a document that gives a person or group permission to do something.

What is a charter?

500

Samuel de Champlain found this Canadian fur trading post.

What is Quebec?

500

Part of the reason for Jamestown's success was due to John Rolfe and this cash crop.

What is tobacco?

500

This Lawyer was the first Governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

Who is John Winthrop?

500

This is how the Algonquin and Huron helped the French.

What is traded furs for the French to sell in Europe?

500

This is a piece of ownership in a company.

What is a stock?