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Earliest Inhabitants of the Americas, Age of Exploration & Discovery, Explora...

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show The first explorers  
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Leif Erikson   show
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Ferdinand Magellan (circumnavigation)   show
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Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama   show
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Christopher Columbus   show
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King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I   show
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show King of Portugal. Met with Columbus - asked to fund Columbus' mission and said no/detained Columbus when he came back from exploration for aiding enemies of Portugal  
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show Sailed for Spain and Portugal. Knew Columbus was wrong in that he discovered the New World and not the Indies. First one to call America a New World.  
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show French explorer/Discovered the New York harbor and helped establish the New France/1524 explore east coast of North America/France claim for land in the world"New France"  
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show Explorer. Discovered the Grand Canyon & explored the South West of America/Looking for Cities of Gold  
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Hernando de Soto   show
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Ponce de Leon   show
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show French explorer/Expedition to find Northwest passage/Finds St Lawrence River/Finds Quebec and Montreal but no colony set up bc too cold/Searched for gold and diamonds and didn't find any  
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show French explorer/Established first small colony in Quebec/fur trading and economic relations with natives/explore interior of Canada - trading posts  
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Henry Hudson   show
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John Cabot   show
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show Also looking for new passage. No colony?  
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show Queen of England. She tells Sir Walter Raleigh to find a new colony/Virginia was named after her  
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King James I   show
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Sir Walter Raleigh   show
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show Started the colony Roanoke Island and returns to England for supplies Then in 1586 returns and no inhabitants remained.  
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Virginia Dare   show
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show Natives that were in the New World before the English/In Jamestown, Virginia the colonists had good relations with them with some violence/then in 1609 they stopped assisting English and wanted them to starve.  
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show Came to New World and the Jamestown, Virginia colony was more successful and was focused on the Powhatan Indians trade and survival/said"those that do not work shall not eat"/The chief Powhatan took him to put hi to death  
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Pocahontas   show
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John Rolfe   show
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Pilgrims/Separatists   show
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Governor William Bradford   show
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show Indian tribes in Provincetown, Massachusetts/stole corn  
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show Columbus "discovers" New World (actually San Salvador Island in Bahamas)  
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show Treaty of Tordesillas  
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1541   show
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show Settlement of St. Augustine Founded  
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show Roanoke Island colony founded  
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1607   show
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1610   show
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show lands of Provincetown, Massachsetts  
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1620   show
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show New Amsterdam founded  
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1624   show
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Connection between sea levels and climate/ice ages   show
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L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland   show
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Clovis, New Mexico   show
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show Turned down Columbus/Led by King John II/Detained Columbus for aiding enemies of this country  
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show Funded Columbus/Led by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand II/  
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Brazil   show
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show Pilgrims were persecuted ind England and they fled here but generally had bad jobs  
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East Indies   show
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show 1494?/Pope Alexander IV/Settled territories for Spain and Portugal  
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show Millions of years ago-1 continent then they drifted apart/diff species of animals&plants develop&evolved on diff continents/process reverses itself w/Columbus & transatlantic exploration & settlement/led to huge popul growth/environmental damage/disease  
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show Ponce de Leon?/1565 - Oldest permanent settlement in US/Formed by Pedro/Trying to stop French settlement  
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Fountain of Youth   show
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Mississippi River   show
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show Civilize and Christianize the natives/1st mission was near San Angelo in 1623/Many others developed later - including the Alamo in San Antonio, Austin  
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Sante Fe, New Mexico   show
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Dutch West India Company   show
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show in 1624 - an economic colony for New Amsterdam bought from Manhattan Indians for $24/expands land holdings and make wars with natives.  
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New France   show
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St. Lawrence River   show
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show Jacques Cartier found but no colony set up bc too cold/Then De Champlain comes in 1608 and established a colony there.  
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Fur trading   show
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show English explorer Henry Hudson looking for this/Dutch let him seek this  
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show NYC area/English explorer Henry Hudson found this while looking for NW Passage to Indies/Asia  
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show 1606 - 1607 new english colony in Jamestown, VA under this company which was a private investment corporation interested in gold & silver & a western route to Indies.  
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Virginia   show
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show 1st English Colony in US 1585/Northside of island they built a fort/Grew tobacco&potatoes/had natives that appeared friendly/Greenville started colony-returns to England f/supplies- comes back in 1586 & no inhabitants remained/carved into a tree croatoan  
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Jamestown colony and James River   show
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Tobacco   show
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Virginia Company of Plymouth   show
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Popham colony   show
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Cape Cod/Provincetown, Massachusetts   show
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Plymouth colony   show
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Mayflower Compact   show
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