The Settlers of America

Reorder the following

• Oglethorpe started the Georgia colony in 1733 for people in English jails.

• Columbus claimed America for Spain.

• Coronado looked for gold in the Southwest in 1540.

• France lost the French and Indian War in 1763.

• American Indians were the first people to live in America.

The flat land in the Midwest of the United States is called the ________________.

• Puritans

• Great Plains

• Estevanico

• Native Americans

American Indians are sometimes called _____________.

• Great Plains

• Estavanico

• Native Americans

An African who explored the Southwest for Spain was _____________.

• Estevanico

• Puritans

• Great Plains

Match the following...

• Native Americans

• French settlers learned how to use ________from American Indians

• Great Plains

• The ________came to Massachusetts for freedom of religion.

• Puritans

• The flat land in the Midwest of the United States is called the

• Estevanico

• An African who explored the Southwest for Spain was

• snowshoes

• American Indians are sometimes called

Columbus claimed America for Spain.

• True

• False

The settlers in Jamestown brought slaves from Africa to help them grow tobacco.

• True

• False

Cartier was a Dutch explorer who searched for the seven cities of gold.

• True

• False

Most French People came to America because they wanted freedom of religion.

• True

• False

The Mayflower Compact said that the Pilgrims would make laws that were fair to all.

• True

• False