| A | B |
| Francis I | King France in 1524 |
| Jacques Cartier | Explored the Canadian coastline |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | Explored the Carolina coastline up to Nova Scotia |
| Iroquois | Native-Americans who were not friendly to the French |
| Samuel De Champlain | Establishes a trading post at Port Royal in 1608 |
| Huron | Native-Americans who were friendly with the French |
| Robert De La Salle | Explored the Mississippi River and valley, 1682 |
| Henry Hudson | Explored the Hudson River Valley for the Dutch |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Governor of New Holland from 1647 to 1664 |
| Northwest Passage | A route through the Americas to the Pacific |