The Exploration and Settlement of Colonial America
Which explorer is credited with discovering America in 1492?
Christopher Colombus
Plymouth
Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
Which European power set-up the 13 colonies
ENGLAND
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America
Thomas Hooker
Founder of Connecticut. Clergyman, one of the founders of Hartford. Called "the father of American democracy" because he said that people have a right to choose their magistrates.
founded cities of Quebec and Montreal
France
reached a population of15,000 in 1700
French colonies
Roger Williams
He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
In which region of the New World did the Catholics of England and Ireland settle?
Maryland
Which parts of the present-day United States were included in New Netherland?
New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut
Which three nations first colonized North America?
Spain, France, and England
The Starving Times
period of forced starvation at Jamestown initiated by Powhatan Confederacy in an attempt to removed English. This ultimately forced the English to find another economic outlet than the Indians, and the outlet they settled on was tobacco, which made them extremely wealthy.
Catholics settled in Maryland seeking
religious freedom
George Calvert
title was Lord Baltimore; founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics
Why did Roger Williams establish a colony in Rhode Island?
He was banished from Massachusetts
Where was the first meeting of House of Burgesses?
Virginia
Pilgrims
What was the name of the Puritan group that wanted to separate from the Church of England
The Dutch settled in New Netherland mainly to profit from
animal furs
New Netherlands
the dutch called this land claimed by Henry Hudson in New York this name
Mayflower Compact
1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. IT HELPED ESTABLISH SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Treaty of Westminster
1674: Signed by King Charles II of England and the Netherlands. A peace treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War. This gave New Netherland (New York) colony to England and renewed the Treaty of Breda of 1667
St. Augustine
1st colony in Florida set up by Spain
William Penn
A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.
conquistadors
Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618, it elected by settlers that were 17 years old or over and male. IT HELPED ESTABLISH SELF-GOVERNMENT.
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618.
Came seeking religious freedom
England
Which European group brought the most families
England
reached a population of250,000 in 1700
English colonies
Roanoke
Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. It was financed by Sir Walter Raleigh, and its leader in the New World was John White. All the settlers disappeared, and historians still don't know what became of them.
What was the first European city founded in North America?
St. Augustine