Questions 1-16 Timeline 1 Flashcard Lab
The original inhabitants of this continent
Native Americans
The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 AD
Leif Ericson
Name given to North America when visited in AD 1000
Vineland
King of Portugal who suggested it was possible to sail around Africa
Henry the Navigator
Financed Columbus's first voyage
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
European credited with the discovery of America
Christopher Columbus
A Venetian captain who first planted the English flag on American soil
John Cabot
Year Columbus discovered America
1492
First European to reach India by sea
Vasco da Gama
Explorer after whom our continent is named
Amerigo Vespucci
Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
French explorer who claimed Canada for France
Jacques Cartier
Oldest city in the mainland of the United States
St. Augustine, Florida
First English sailor to circle the globe
Sir Francis Drake
First English colony in America, which disappeared
Roanoke
Founder of Roanoke
Sir Walter Raleigh
First lasting English colony
Jamestown
Head of the colony in Jamestown
Captain John Smith
First form of representative government in the English colonies, established in Virginia
The House of Burgeses
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