test 1 Flashcards
wrote about the marvels of the Orient
Marco Polo
The Caribbean island that Columbus made his first landing in the New World
San Salvador
Military invaders from Spain
Conguistadors
The first permanent European settlement in the United states
St. Augustine
Permanent French settlement in Canada that was established by Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
Translated the Bible into English
John Wycliff
This is where English businessmen obtained money to establish a settlement
Joint-stock companies
Saved Jamestown from the failure of the common-store system
John Smith
This crop became very important to the economic development of Jamestown
Tobacco
A representative assembly acted as an advisory body to the governor of the Virginia colony
House of Burgesses
English-speaking Indian that lived in Plymouth, acted as a guide and interpreter, and taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and fish
Squanto
The first institution of higher learning in America
Harvard College
Made it so that all towns of at least fifty families were required to hire a teacher so children could learn to read and write
Olé Deluder Satan Act
“apostle to the Indians”
John Eliot
The precedent that the New England Confederation set for the colonies
Voluntary union of the colonies
A colony controlled by a nobleman
Proprietary colony
This act granted freedom of worship to all professing Christians living in the Maryland colony
Toleration Act
Searched for the fountain of youth
Ponce de León
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
Identified the lands which Columbus had discovered as a “New World”
Amerigo Vespucci
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortés
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Helped the English defeat the Spanish
Francis Drake
Hoped to “purify” the Church of England
Puritans
Known as the “city of brotherly love”
Philadelphia
Founded the settlement of Hartford
Thomas Hooker
The first Baptist church in America was founded here
Rhode Island
today known as New York
New Netherland
Members of the Society of Friends
Quakers
The “Great Migration” brought thousands of these people to New England
Puritans
Established by Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke
the first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
Founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for English Catholics
Maryland
The governor of Pennsylvania also controlled this colony
Delaware
Intended as a settlement for debtor prisoners
Georgia
John Winthrop was the first governor of this colony
Massachusetts Bay
Colony made of Separatists and “Strangers”
Plymouth
Posted the Ninety-five Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
The type of building that the Swedes introduced to the New World
Log cabin
The name of the ship which carried the Pilgrims to the New World
Mayflower
Wrote the “History of Plymouth Plantation”
William Bradford
Founded the colony of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
