European Exploration and Settlement

Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Dias

• John Winthrop

• Las Casas

Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?

• Da Gama

• Dias

• Las Casas

• Columbus

Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?

• Powhatan

• Dias

• Las Casas

• Da Gama

Who made the colonists at Jamestown work in the fields?

• Columbus

• John Smith

• Dias

• John Winthrop

Who governed New Netherland?

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Da Gama

• John Smith

• Las Casas

The first person to sail from Europe to India was __________.

• William Bradford

• Vasco da Gama

• John Smith

• John Winthrop

It was declared that Indians were humans with souls by_________.

• Columbus

• John Smith

• the Pope

• Europeans

The English founded the colony _________, but many of the colonists would not work.

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• New Netherland

• Jamestown

• Rhode Island

To pay for their voyage to America, many people became indentured _____________.

• Puritans

• servants

• people

• Separatists

The people who wanted to change the Church of England by removing the false teachings and practices were called_____________.

• Puritans

• Europeans

• Separatists

• colonists