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04/04/2011

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Vikings
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first people to sail the americas
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Asians
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were the first people to come to america
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Marco Polo
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journied to china in 1271 and wrote a book about the marvels he had seen
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1455
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Gohann Guttenburg invented the printing press
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Henry the Navigator
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Bartolomeu Dias
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A portugese sea captain who sailed to the southern tip of Africa in 1488
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Vasco De Gama
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Rounded the cape of good hope and sailed around Africa to India in 1497-1498
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Why did Columbus want to sail west?
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He wanted to prove the world was round, and wanted to find a shorter trade route to Asia
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King Ferdnand andQueen Isabella supported who and why?
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Supported Columbus with ships and supplies
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October 12, 1492
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Columbus landed in America
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Amerigo Vespucci
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First to realize the lands were not part of Asia
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Who is America named after?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What three nations of Europe began to explore?
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England, France, Spain
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Ferdanand Magellan
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First to circumnavigate the world in 1519-1522
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Conquistadors
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Spanish conquerers
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Spanish conquerers came to
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find wealth, bring glory to their nation, to spread the Catholic Religion
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Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette
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1673 explored in lands along the Mississippi river and Great Lakes
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Notre Dame means
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Our Lady
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Colony
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A settlement in a different land that keeps it's ties to the mother country
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Reasons for colonization
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Religious, economic, nation prestige or power
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New England Colonies
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Massacusettes, Conniticet, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
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Middle Colonies
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New York, Pennsylvannia, New Jersey, Delaware
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Southern Colonies
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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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The Roanoke Colony
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1585
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plymouth
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pilgrims arrived in 1620
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Virginia Dare
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The first English child to be born in America
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Roanoke
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The Lost Colony
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Jamestown
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1607 first permanent colony in America
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Captain John Smith
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The Leader of trading with Indians
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House of Burgesses
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The first representative assembly in america 1619
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Burgesses Means
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Free Citizen
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Royal Colony
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A territory ruled by the english government
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Harvard
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Oldest University
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1621
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First Thanksgiving
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Why did puritians leave their home country to come to the americas
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wanted to change the church of England
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Pilgrims
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A group of English people who wanted to break away rom the church of England
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New York
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Henry Hudson explored Americas Atlantic Coast looking for the northwestern passage, explored the New York Harbor
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New Amsterdam
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= New York
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Pennsylvannia
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Phillidelphia
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the city of brotherly love
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Maryland
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lord Balitmore a place where Catholics worship freely
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3 reasons why we study History
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appreciate our past
Make sure mistakes in past are not repeated
Become a responsible citizen
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