Ph. D. Vashchenko E. A.
§ Spain and the New World § Other European explorers § Spanish settlements § English settlements
§ 1476 – 26 – for England § 1485 § Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand § On August 3, 1492 § On October 12, 1492 § The Indies, Indians
§ John Cabot – 1447 - The Spice Islands – Newfoundland § Jacques Cartier – 1534 -1542 – the Northwest Passage – the St. Lawrence River – Montreal, Canada § Robert La Salle – 1682 – Lousianna – Valley for France § Henry Hudson – 1609 – the Hudson Bay
§ Ponce de Leon – Florida – 1513 – “Fountain of Youth” § Father Junipero Serra – California – 1749 – San Diego - 1784
§ Virginia and Jamestown § The Pilgrims – 1620 – the Mayflower – Massachusetts – Plymouth § 1621 – Samoset – Squanto – a great feast – Thanksgiving § The Puritans – 1630 - Boston
§ Who helped Columbus to organize an expedition to the West? § Why did the sailors become nervous and ask Columbus to turn back? § What did Columbus promise them? § What did Columbus call the people he found in the New World? Why?
§ What parts of North America did John Cabot explore? What did he find there? § Why did the French want to find the Northwest Passage? § When did Jacques Cartier travel to America? What river did he discover and explore? § What is Louisiana? Who gave this name to the territory? When?
§ What was the first English settlement in the New World? When was it started? § Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? In what place did they start their colony? What did they call their settlement? § Who was Squanto? How did he help the Pilgrims? § Who were the Puritans? Why did they call themselves puritans? Why did they sail to America? § Where did the Puritans settle? What did they call their settlement? § What rules did the Puritans establish in their colonies?
