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Early Exploration
English Settlements
Dutch Settlements
French Settlements
Important Years
100
Northwest Passage
What is the name of the sea route to Asia that European explorers were searching for in the 1500 and 1600's?
100
The Lost Colony
What is Roanoke?
100
New Netherlands
What was the name of the Dutch Settlement originally claimed by Henry Hudson?
100
Present day Canada
What land was claimed in the early 1600's by French explorers?
100
1585
When did 100 men first settle in Roanoke?
200
John Cabot
Who was the Italian Explorer sent by England and landed in Canada?
200
Virginia Company of London
What company started to build settlements in North America in 1606?
200
New Amsterdam
What is the name of New Netherlands' capital city?
200
Cold climate
What made it difficult to farm and live?
200
1607
When was Jamestown named after King James the 1st?
300
Henry Hudson
Who was the Dutch hired explorer who sailed up the Hudson River to NY?
300
King James the I
Who was Jamestown named after?
300
Tolerance
What is to respect beliefs different from ones own?
300
Huron and Algonquin Indians
Who traded for beaver, fox, and otter fur?
300
1620
When did the Mayflower land in Massachusetts?
400
Wildlife, forests, and fish
What were the items that the early explorers discovered instead of the Northwest Passage?
400
John Rolfe
Who grew tobacco in Jamestown?
400
Peter Stuyvesant
Who became governor of New Netherlands' in 1647?
400
France and Europe
Where were the furs traded with the indians sold for money?
400
1621
When was Thanksgiving first celebrated?
500
Giovanni De Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, Samuel De Champlain
Who were the French explorers that explored the Eastern Coast and Canada?
500
Mayflower Compact
What was the agreement of laws created and signed for Plymouth?
500
New York
What was the name "New Amsterdam'" changed to once the English took over?
500
Missionaries
Who taught people of present day Canada about Catholicism?
500
1664
When did the English attack New Amsterdam and claim the land as their own?