European Explorers
King John II of Portugal ordered him to sail to the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
He took a group of 80 soldiers to South America and conquered the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
He was an English sea captain who was looking for the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean. A bay and a river in North America are named after him.
The name of the island where England first tried to establish a new colony.
What is Roanoke?
The Separatists who sailed from Holland to Cap Cod signed this governing document.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The Puritans who sailed to New England built this settlement that starts with an "S" on a bay they called Massachusetts Bay.
What is Salem?
Who is Marco Polo?
This Spanish conqueror claimed much of the present day Southeastern United States for Spain. He was buried in the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
This Portuguese explorer, who sailed for Spain, proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. His expedition successfully circumnavigated the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
He was a sea dog who sailed around the world on a ship loaded with Spanish riches.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
The Virginia Company hired him to be the military leader of Separatists (Pilgrims).
Who is Captain Miles Standish?
He became the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and later the president of a confederation of colonists who defended themselves from Indians and the Dutch.
Who is John Winthrop?
He started a navigation school on the southern tip of Portugal to help sailors explore the world.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Who is Hernando Cortez?
He doubted that Columbus and Caboto had reached Asia. After exploring for himself, he concluded that they had found a new continent.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
In 1584, Queen Elizabeth gave him permission to set up England's first colony in North America.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
He was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.
Who is William Bradford?
It was the first college in England's North American colonies. It was founded in 1636.
What is Harvard University or Harvard College?
He sailed for Spain across the Atlantic Ocean to an island in the West Indies that he called San Salvador and claimed it for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Spanish conqueror was looking for seven cities of gold in what is now the southwestern United States. He never found the cities, but he claimed the land he explored for Spain.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
This Italian explorer was sent by France to find the Northwest Passage. He explored the Pamlico Sound on the western coast of North Carolina. He also explored New York Bay near what became New York City.
Who is Giovanni da Verrazano?
This strong leader helped Jamestown survive very challenging situations.
Who is John Smith?
He taught the Pilgrims where to fish and how to plant squash, pumpkins, and corn.
Who is Tisquantum (Squanto)?
This important Puritan building was where church services and important meetings were held.
What is the meetinghouse?
He sailed around the tip of Africa, to India, and returned to Portugal with perfumes, silks, spices, and other goods he had traded for in India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This Spanish conqueror sailed with Columbus on his second voyage. He explored and named Florida. He claimed La Florida for Spain, but he never found the fountain of youth there.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
This French navigator was sent by France to find the Northwest Passage. He sailed up the St. Lawrence River and made it as far as modern day Montreal.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
What is tobacco?
In 1691, Plymouth Colony became a part of this, larger colony.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
This word means, "at the big hill".
What is Massachusetts?