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18 Cards in this Set
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The first permanent European settlement |
St. Augustine, Florida |
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The first European to reach what is now the mainland of the United states |
Juan Ponce de Leon |
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Claimed part of north America for England in 1497 |
John Cabot |
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The person for whom Virginia was named |
Queen Elizabeth |
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British explorer who sent colonists to Virginia |
Sir Walter Raleigh |
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First English child to be born in America |
Virginia Dare |
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The name of what is now known as the "lost colony" |
Roanoke |
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The year Jamestown was established |
1607 |
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The first permanent English settlement |
Jamestown |
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The name of the powerful Spanish fleet the British defeated during the war with Catholic spain |
The Spanish Armada |
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The year the Mayflower came to Massachusetts |
1620 |
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The name of the pilgrims colony |
Plymouth |
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First written agreement for self government in America |
Mayflower Compact |
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American Indian who lived with the pilgrims and helped them |
Squanto |
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Took control of Jamestown; widely made a new rule saying "He that will not work shall not eat" |
Captain John Smith |
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First Indian to welcome the pilgrims |
Samoset |
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Military leader of Plymouth |
Captain Miles Standish |
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3 ships that brought settlers to Jamestown |
Susan constant, Godspeed, and discovery |
