Explorers/Conquerors
N.
American Colonies and settlements
Famous
American Colonists
map of N/S America
the 13 colonies
100

Led an expedition to explore the Mississippi River

Who is Hernando de Soto

100

First permanent English settlement that was settled in 1607.

What is Jamestown

100

First Governor of Plymouth

Who is John Carver

100

Number 11 on the map

What is Andes Mountains

100

Number 7 on the map

What is Pennsylvania

200

Led an expedition to explore the Grand Canyon

Who is Francisco Coronado

200

New Netherland was renamed to this.

What is New York

200

Settlement of Hartford was founded by this colonist.

Who is Thomas Hooker

200

Number 4 on the map

What are the Rocky Mountains

200

Number 2 on the map

What is New York

300

Italian merchant that was the first European to travel the length of Asia

Who is Marco Polo

300

Colony founded as a haven for Catholics 

What is Maryland

300

Pennsylvania and Delaware were founded by this colonist

Who is William Penn

300

Number 2 on the map 

What is Victoria Island 

300

Number 10 on the map

What is Virginia

400

Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the central Mississippi River for this country

What is France

400

Colony that was intended as a settlement for debtor prisoners

What is Georgia

400

First governor of Massachusetts Bay 

Who is John Winthrop

400

Number 6 on the map

What is the Atlantic Ocean

400

Number 5 on the map

What is Rhode Island

500

First Englishman to sail around the world 

Who is Sir Francis Drake

500

Ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World

What is the Mayflower

500

settled Providence

Who is Roger Williams

500

Number 13 on the map

What is Tierra del Fuego

500

Number 1 on the map

What is New Hampshire

600

Discovered New France

Who is Samuel de Champlain

600

Colony founded as a haven for the Quakers

What is Pennsylvania

600

Wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

Who is William Bradford

600

Number 1 on the map

What is Greenland

600

Number 11 on the map

What is North Carolina

700

Conquered the Aztecs

Who is Hernando Cortes

700

Incident that was an indication that colonists expected the government's protection

What is Bacon's Rebellion

700

translated the bible into the Algonquian tongue

Who is John Eliot

700

Number 8 on the map

What is the Gulf of Mexico

700

Number 3 on the map

What is Massachusetts

800

St. Lawrence River was discovered by him

Who is Jacques Cartier

800

Act in the colonies which established a town school system

What is Old Deluder Satan Act

800

Worked among the Wampanoag on Martha's Vineyard

Who is Thomas Mayhew

800

Number 5 on the map

What is the Appalachian Mountains

800

Number 6 on the map

What is New Jersey

900

Made the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon

900

Gave a land grant to an individual for a proprietary colony

Who is the king

900

Number 3 on the map

What is Hudson Bay

900

Number 4 on the map

What is Connecticut

1000

led a Spanish expedition that discovered the Pacific Ocean

Who is Vasco de Balboa

1000

The House of Burgesses in Jamestown colony set a precedent for this type of government

What is representative government

1000

Number 7 on the map

What is Florida peninsula

1000

Number 8 on the map

What is Delaware

1100

Country that sponsored Christopher Columbus's expedition to find an alternate route to Asia.

What is Spain

1100

First European settlement in the present-day United States

What is St. Augustine

1100

Number 10 on the map

What is the Pacific Ocean

1100

Number 12 on the map

What is South Carolina

1200

Trade with the East was revived by this major event

What is the crusades

1200

First permanent French settlement in the New World

What is Quebec

1200

Number 12 on the map

What is Falkland Islands

1200

Number 9 on the map

What is Maryland

1300

Aided the Pilgrims by acting as a guide and interpreter and by teaching them how to hunt and fish

Who is Squanto

1300

Number 9 on the map

What is the Caribbean Sea

1300

Number 13 on the map

What is Georgia