Historic People
This famous man set food on an island in the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
the people of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing false teachings and practices
Puritans
People wanted to start colonies for reasons because England’s cities had become wicked.
Religous
Jamestown was built in a poor spot, and many of the colonists would not work.
True
An invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing.
Compass
captain who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields
John Smith
the Separating Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries who did not think the Church of England would change; started their own churches according to God’s Word
Separatists
The colonial governor was in charge of trade with the ___.
Indians
The separatists declared American Indians were people with souls.
False
The pope declared American Indians were people with souls.
A group of traders who travel together to trade and sell their goods.
first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love
John Winthrop
The governor of New Netherland.
Peter Stuyvesant
The English wanted to plant colonies in America because there were too many people and not enough ___ in England.
Jobs or land
Jamestown is where company’s leaders in America gave the colonists greater freedom
False
Massachusetts Bay Colony is where company’s leaders in America gave the colonists greater freedom
This type of ship aided explorers to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
Caraval
The first man to sail from Europe to India.
Vasco da Gama
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, wanted his community to...
Be a model of Christian love
___ were people who agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt
indentured servants
Dias explored the coast of Africa for Portugal.
True
This invention helped sailors sail into the wind.
Small triangular sails
The chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Powhatan
In what way did English cities motivate people to move to the colonies?
People wanted to start colonies for religious reasons because English cities had become wicked.
After seeing the treatment of the American Indians ___ wrote to make a change.
Las Casas
Massachusetts Bay Colony is where the colonists' land was largely uninhabited.
False
Plymouth Colony is where the colonists' land was largely uninhabited.
A tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location
Quadrant