Week 4 Review Flashcards
Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:
Manhattan Island
Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:
Mason-Dixon Line
King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:
Henry the Navigator
Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:
Ferdinand Magellan
Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:
St. Augustine, Florida
First English sailor to circle the globe:
Sir Fancis Drake
The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:
Mayflower Compact
Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:
Bacon’s Rebellion
General who captured Quebec:
James Wolfe
French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:
Jacques Cartier
European credited with the discovery of America:
Christopher Columbus
Land granted to William Penn:
Pennsylvania
French and Indian War dates:
1754-1763
Explorer after whom our continent is named:
Amerigo Vespucci
War between France and England in America:
the French and Indian War