5 This Viking is believed to be the first European to set foot in North America in the 10th or 11th century
8 Spanish explorer who started exploring southeastern US in 1539 and reached the Mississippi River in 1541
11 English adventurer & Captain who was one of the founders of Jamestown
12 English company that sponsored colonies in America
13 First example of self rule in American history and the governing Document of Plymouth Colony(1620)
14 People who left the Church of England
17 English explorer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580
18 North Carolina colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585
19 Indians with whom the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving
20 Colony settled in 1607 in Virginia and became successful with tobacco farming
1 Italian explorer who was trying to find a westward sea passage to the Orient when he landed in the New World in 1492
2 Self-rule colony of English settlers and location of first Thanksgiving
3 Colony established by the Dutch between 1626 and 1664 on the southern tip of Manhattan
4 Another name for the Roanoke Colony established in 1587
6 Spanish name for conquerors of North America
7 Leader of the Roanoke Colony
9 Sponsored a settlement on Roanoke Island in 1587
10 First born child to British parents (John White) in the colonies
15 Religious name for Plymouth settlers and Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England
16 Most important cash crop in the colonies
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