| A | B |
|---|
| Henry HUDSON | claimed land for the Netherlands in 1609 |
| John CABOT | claimed land for England in 1497 |
| Verrazano | explored the eastern coast of N.America for France |
| Jacques CARTIER | reached Newfoundland in 1534 |
| Samuel de CHAMPLAIN | sailed up St. Lawrence River |
| Northwest Passage | what the French & English were seeking |
| Don Juan de ONATE | founder of Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Quebec | early French colony (1608) |
| Jamestown | early English colony in Virginia (1607) |
| Plymouth | early English colony in Massachusetts (1620) |
| St. Augustine | early English colony in Florida (1565) |
| Robert La Salle | French explorer of the Mississippi |
| Point du Sable | Haitian fur trader who founded Chicago |
| Marquette & Jolliet | French missionary & fur trader explorer team |
| St. Louis | city founded where the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers meet |
