Early WV Settlers

In 1606, King James of England granted ____________ to two land companies to establish settlements in western Virginia.

• charters
• constitution
• compass
• promises

Who is the first recorded European to enter what is now West Virginia?

• William Berkeley
• John Lederer
• Abraham Wood
• Edward Bland

Who organized his own militia; attacked and burned Jamestown?

• James Needham
• Nathaniel Bacon
• John Lederer
• Christopher Newport

Who awarded golden horseshoes to fellow explorers?

• Christopher Newport
• Alexander Spotswood
• Thomas Walker
• John Lederer

Which men journeyed from the Potomac River and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans?

• Howard and Salley
• Batts and Fallam
• John Lederer
• Christopher Newport

Who, along with 250 men, buried plates on the banks of the Ohio River as claim for France?

• Howard and Salley
• Celoron de Blainville
• James Needham
• Thomas Walker

Which explorers charted the New River and made a claim for England of the Allegheny Valley?

• Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam
• Gabriel Arthur
• William Berkeley
• John Lederer

What is a cartographer?

• a journalist
• a map-maker
• a surveyor
• an explorer

Which continent did our explorers all come from?

• North America
• Africa
• Europe
• Asia

Across which ocean did our explorers all sail?

• Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean