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| Who were the Vikings? | The Vikings were from the European country Norway. They were the first to come to the New World around A.D. 1000. They landed in Newfoundland which is part of Canada today. Due to the fact that historical records were incomplete at the time, they were not given credit for discovering the New World. |
| Who was Leif Ericson? | the captain of the Viking ship that came to the New World around A.D. 1000. |
| Who was Christopher Columbus? | An Italian who sailed for Spain and was given credit for discovering the New World in A.D. 1492. |
| Who was Amerigo Vespucci? | Started mapping the New World for Spain in A.D. 1499. The New World was named after him. The New World was called "America". |
| Who was John Cabot? | In A.D. 1497, he sailed for England and laid claim to the eastcoast of what is the United States today for England. |
| Who was Henry Hudson? | He sailed for Holland in A.D. 1609 abd A.D. 1610 and claimed what is New York City today for Holland. Hudson Bay in Canada and the Hudson River in New York were named after him. |
| Who was Jacques Cartier? | In A.D. 1534, he sailed for France and claimed what is Canada today for France. |
| What were the original thriteen colonies? | They were England's thirteen original colonies, along the eastcoast of what is the United States today, |
| Name the England's original thirteen colonies in the New World. | The original thirteen colonies were the following: Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Connecticut; Rhode Isalnd; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. |
| Where was the French and Indian War fought ? | The French and Indian War was fought in North America. |
| Who fought in the French and Indian War ? | England and France fought each other in the French and Indian War. |
| When was the French and Indian War fougth" | The French and Indian War was fought during the early 1760's. |
| What was the French and Indian War fought over? | It was fought over fr the territory between the Applalachian Mountains and the Mississppi. |
| Who won the French and Indian War? | England won the French and Indian War. |
| What treaty ended the French and Indian War? | The Treaty of Paris of 1763 officially ended the French and Indian War. |
| What did England recieve as a result of the French and Indian War? | As a result of the French and Indian War, England received all lands west between the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississppi River, land south to the north Florida boarder, and all of Canada. |
| Who was Ponce de Leon? | In A.D., 1513, he discovered Florida while looking for the "fountain of youth" from an Indian folktale. He claimed Florida for Spain and named Florida after the spanish word for flower "flores". |
| Who were the Pilgrams? | Teh Pilgrams sailed to Teh New World to escape religious persecution in England and settled in what is Massachusetts today. |
| What is Thanksgiving Day? | After their first cold and hard winter in the New World, the Pigrams, with the help of their Indian friends, survived the hardships. In A.D. 1621, the Pilgrams invited their Indian friends to a big feast to celebrate this accomplishment. This became known as Thanksgving Day and it is celebrated in the United States each year at the end of November. |
| During the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War, who was the king of England?Who was the King of England | The English was King George III. |
| What was the English Parliament? | The Parliament was the law making body in England. |
| As a result of the French and Indian War, what disagreement arose between England and her American colonies? | England incurred a large debt in order to finance the French and Indian War.The King and Parliament of England felf that the colonies should help pay for this debt since the war was fought in North America. But most of the colonialists disagreed with them because they felt it was England's duty, as the mother country, to finamce and pay for such conflicts in defense of her conlonial possessions. |
