People
He was the first governor of Plymouth
John Carver
John White was my governor
Roanoke
William Penn founded me
Pennsylvania
Separatists
B.C.
John Cabot
John Winthrop was my governor
Massachusetts
Roger Williams founded me
Rhode Island
Wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
"anno domini" or "in the year of our Lord"
Claimed the area of New York for the Dutch
Henry Hudson
William Bradford was my 2nd Governor
Sir Walter Raleigh founded me
Roanoke
Society of Friends; believed all people were equal
Quakers
Separatists and others who came to America on the Mayflower
Pilgrims
Claimed the area of New York for the French
Samuel de Champlain
Lord De La Warr was my governor
Jamestown
Thomas Hooker founded me
Connecticut
Puritan minister from Massachusetts who ministered to the Indians
John Eliot
A graph used to show events in their correct order
Time line
First European to reach what is now the U.S. mainland
Ponce de Leon
Peter Stuyvesant was my governor
New Netherland
Pilgrim minister at Plymouth
Elder Brewster
Spain's powerful fleet defeated by the English in 1588
Spanish Armada