| A | B |
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| Ferdinand and Isabella | 1492 Gave Christopher Columbus money to sail around |
| Protestant Reformation | 1500s Christians revolted against the authority of the pope in Rome. Led somewhat by Martin Luther. |
| John Cabot | 1497 Italian Sea Captain under contract to King Henry VII of England. Explored NewFoundland |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | 1524 Italian navigator sponsored by French Monarchy, explored North America's eastern coast |
| Samuel de Champlain | 1608 established the first permanent French settlement in America (Quebec) |
| Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet | 1673 Frenchies who explored Mississippi River |
| Robert de la Salle | 1682 explored Mississippi basin which he named Louisiana |
| Henry Hudson | 1609 Dutch, sailed up Hudson River and New Amsterdam (later NY) |
| Joint-Stock Company | 1600s pooled the savings of people of moderate means and supported trading ventures that seemed potentially profitable |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 Spain and Portugal settled their land disputes with this treaty. moved the Pope's line a few degrees westward. |
| Virginia Company; Jamestown | 1607 King James I chartered this. First permanent English Colony in America. Unfortunate location. Johns smith and rolfe saved the colony |
| Captain John Smith | 1607ish Whipped the settlers in shape saying "those who won't work won't eat" or something like that. |
| John Rolfe; Pocahontas | Man who saved the Jamestown settlement with his idea of Tobacco for economic gain. Married this woman who put her life on the line for a man. |
| Puritans | 1600s (20) Reformers who wanted to "purify" their church of Catholic influences. James I viewed them as a threat to his religious and politcal authority |
| Plymouth Colony/Massachusetts Bay Colony | 1620 One of the very first colonies to be established in America. Had a terrible winter. Native Americans helped them to adapt. Their economy consisted of fish, furs, and lumber |
| Separatists | 1620 Another name for this group would be Pilgrims. They took the Mayflower over to America |
| Mayflower; Mayflower Compact | 1620 Pilgrims made this agreement which said to make decisions by majority |
| John Winthrop | 1630 About a thousand Puritans led by this guy sailed for the Massachusetts shore and founded Boston and several other towns. |
| Great Migration | 1630s A civil war in England drove some 15,000 settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | 1619 Made by Jamestown people. First representative assembly in America. Guaranteed colonists the same rights that they had in England. |
