reasons for exploration
why did many Europeans explore and settle in the New World?
to find riches Newland trade routes in sometimes to practice a spread religion
What name did Europeans give to the lands across the Atlantic that explorers like Columbus visited?
The New World or America’s
Who was Pocahontas’s father and what was his role among the Native Americans?
Chief Pohatu leader of a large group of Native American tribes
In what year did the first 105 English settlers arrived to found Jamestown?
1607
What name do we use for people who sailed on the Mayflower searching for religious freedom?
seperatists
name two kinds of goods or wealth Europeans hope to find in the America’s
Gold silver also tobacco furs, or other natural resources
what is one danger explorers’s face when sailing across the ocean?
Storms shipwrecks, getting lost disease
according to the legend, how did Pocahontas help Captain John Smith
Legend says she saved Smith by pleading with her father historians debate this event
name two problems that Jamestown settlers’s face that made survival difficult
Built on a marsh unhealthy water, disease, malaria, poor farming in food shortages
what important agreement did the pilgrims create before landing at Plymouth?
The Mayflower compact
what role did religion play in why some groups left Europe for the New World?
Some groups left to escape religious rules in Europe into practice their faith freely
what is an artifact in how can artifacts from shipwrecks helps us learn about explorers
An artifact is an object meter used by people shipwreck artifacts, show what explorers carried, and why
how did Pocahontas visit to England show a change in her life
Mayflower compact she traveled to England was treated like a princess and Met King James
Who was John Smith in? What rule did he give that helped Jamestown survive?
John Smith was a leader who enforced work with the roul whoever does not work will not eat
Who was Squanto and how did he help the pilgrims survive?
Cuanto was a Native American, who spoke English and taught the pilgrims to plant corn fish and gather maple syrup
explain why maps encompasses were important tools for explorers
They help sailors find direction in plot courses across the ocean, so ships could travel further and more safely
how did flags and planting a flag on a new land show power or ownership?
Flag signal the nations claim to land in art of the ruler who sponsored the voyage
Who did Pocahontas marry and how did that affect the relations between Native Americans and Jamestown settlers
She married John Rolf the marriage helped the time of peace between peloton people and the settlers
what crime became very important to Jamestown’s economy and why?
Tobacco it became a cash prop that settlers sold in England
how did nearly half of the pilgrims die the first winter at Plymouth
They arriving late in the year and could not plant crabs, cold winter and disease led to many debts
describe one food or plant from the New World that Europeans brought back to Europe and explain why it is important
Examples, corn, tobacco, tomatoes, pineapples, they provide more foods and treat goods
describe one way that the navigation technology like the compass or improve maps change exploration
Tools like the compass in better maps let sale travel in fog or darkness and help them cross oceans more reliably
explain what happened to Pocahontas later in life and where she died
She became ill and died in 1617 in grieves and England
what was the house of Burge’s and why was it important for a colonial government?
The house of Ferguson was the elected assembly in Virginia representative government for the colonist
describe the 1621 harvest celebration explain how it relates to modernUS holiday
The harvest fees included, pilgrims and Wampanaug people sharing food for three days. It’s an early example of the Thanksgiving celebration.