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Jamestown
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Settlers
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Explorers
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Early Expeditions
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Colonies
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Jamestown
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Settlers
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Puritans/ Pilgrims
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Which famous explorer is credited with “discovering”
America?
Christopher Columbus
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Which European explorer wrote detailed reports of the New World which now bears
his name?
Amerigo Vespucci
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Magellan’s expedition proved what to the world?
That the world is round
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Which explorer found a sea trading route from Europe to
India?
Vasco de Gama
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Where was Vasco de Gama from?
Portugal
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Which Spanish explorer is famous for conquering the
Aztecs is Mexico?
Hernando Cortez
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What were the names of the “first” 3 ships to reach
America?
Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta
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What were the “pirates” called that Queen Elizabeth used to get an advantage in settling
America?
Sea Dogs
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The world’s largest fleet with 30,000 men and 2,400 canons on 130 ships was called what?
Spanish Armada
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What was it called when multiple investors shared in
the loss and profit of an expedition?
Joint-Stock Company
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Which English explorer received the first charter for
colonization in America?
Sir Walter Raleigh
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On what island did people first try to colonize?
Roanoke Island
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Who was considered to be the leader in the “Lost Colony”?
John White
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Who took command in Jamestown?
John Smith
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What was the name of the first colony made that was not in
search of wealth?
Plymouth
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What historical document in Plymouth was created to provide a legal basis for governing the area and
themselves?
Mayflower Compact
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On what day was the Mayflower Compact signed?
November 11, 1620
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Who was Jamestown named after?
King James
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What was wrong with the location of Jamestown?
Swampy and infested with fever-bearing mosquitoes
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Without John Smith’s organization and rules, the
Jamestown colonists experienced what from 1609-
1610?
Starving Time
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What did Native Americans teach Jamestown colonists?
How to plant corn, cut trees, and build shelter
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What caused Native Americans to kill 350 colonists
at Jamestown?
Colonists trying to take land
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What was it called when a poor European could travel to
the New World, but had to work here without pay?
Indentured Servant
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Settlers could be guaranteed 50 acres of land per person if
they traveled to the New World under this British
policy?
Headright
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What was the main product that the settlers were able to
bargain with?
Tobacco
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What was the first elected government body in America?
House of Burgesses
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Who started a colony in Georgia to attract settlers who
had been in jail?
James Oglethorpe
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The Pilgrims sailed on what ship?
The Mayflower
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Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
Religious persecution
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Who assisted the Pilgrims in their first year, ending with the
first Thanksgiving?
Squanto
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Unlike the Pilgrims, who were religious separatists, the
Puritans were religious ?
Reformers
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The Puritans sought to build what?
“a city upon a hill”
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