First People
How did the first people MOST LIKELY migrate to North America
This European group was the very first to explore North America, even though there was little evidence to support it until the late 20th century?
Vikings (Norsemen)
What failed attempt at an English settlement became known was the "Lost Colony"?
Roanoke
Religious freedom
This colony, originally called New Netherlands, was owned by the Dutch before the English took it over?
New York
What was the largest pre-Columbian Native settlement in present-day United States?
Cahokia
Spain (Spanish)
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America, and which group founded it?
Jamestown -- Virginia Company
The Spanish got quite wealthy from this, however, the Virginia Company would not gain their wealth for the same reason...
Gold/silver (buillion)
In 1619, this major event occurred in Virginia that heavily influenced the Southern economy?
Arrival of the first African slaves
When did the first people migrate to North America?
Circa (c.) 20,000 years ago
What is the first non-Native permanent settlement in modern-day United States?
Which group founded a colony in modern day Massachusetts, known as Plymouth, for religious freedom?
Pilgrims (Separatists)
This was an opportunity for people to get a fresh start by signing up for 5-7 years of labor in exchange for passage. A majority of early settlers came as this...
Indentured servants (servitude)
These southern colonies began as a single territory before eventually splitting into two separate colonies?
North Carolina and South Carolina
What occurred from 100,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago that allowed for people to migrate to North America?
Ice Age (lowered the sea levels)
What was a primary reason that Europeans began exploring and colonizing North America?
Acceptable answers: Gold, God, Glory; Northwest Passage; Quicker route to India (trade)
What was the purpose of the "First Thanksgiving"?
For the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people to celebrate the peaceful existence between them, along with their first successful harvest
This colony was established as a place for prisoners/debtors to start a new life -- by working a small allotment of land that they earned
Georgia
Bacon's Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon, who united poor farmers to attack Jamestown after rebelling against this authority figure
Governor of Virginia (William Berkeley)
What was discovered in New Mexico's White Sands National Park that was dated to 20,000+ years ago and used as evidence to prove theories about the migration of early humans in North America?
What early European settlement was the furthest west, founded by the Spanish in 1610?
Santa Fe (present-day New Mexico)
What are 3 struggles/problems that the settlers at Jamestown faced?
Disease, Lack of Food (not farmers), Poor Native Relations, Found no gold
Enslaved labor (Slavery)
What was carved into the tree/post on Roanoke Island, being the only evidence left behind of the colony?
(CRO; or Croatoan)