American Republic Chapter 1 Activity 5
Robert de La Salle
Frenchmen that claimed the Mississippi river and the land it drained for France
House of Burgesses
first representative government in America
Florida
future state first explored by Juan Ponce de Leon
indentured servants
gained passage to the colonies in return for a period if servitude
St. Augustine
oldest city in the present United States
Philip 11
the strongest champion of Roman Catholicism in Europe
Jamestown
English settlement named for the king
Ronaoke
English settlement that mysteriously disappeared
Sir Walter Raleigh
Englishman who tried to colonize Roanoke Island
Huguenots
a French Protestants
Totem Poles
carved from wood and depicted legends and events
Powhatan
chief of the Woodland Indian tribes near Jamestown
Leif Ericson
discovered the strange island of Vinland
Francisco de Coronado
explored up into present-day Kansas and discovered the Grand Canyon
Invincible Armada
invasion fleet sent to destroy England
New France
land around the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River that was rich in furs
Mounds
made of earth and filled with weapons, pottery, and jewelry
Religious Freedom
motive for settlement that distinguished the British colonies from many other European colonies
Great Lakes Region
region explored by Samuel de Champlain
The Plains
region where Indians lived in tepees, hunted buffalo, and were excellent horsemen
Queen Elizabeth I
secretly encouraged pirating raids on the Spanish
Amerigo Vespucci
suggested that Columbus had discovered a New World
Samuel de Champlain
the Father of New France
"starving time"
winter of 1609-10 when Jamestown was devastated by famine
