WorksheetsAge of Exploration Anticipation Guide
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The first European colony in the New World was in what is now the state of Virginia, and it was founded by the English.
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All English colonists in the seventeenth century came to the New World seeking religious freedom.
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The "Pilgrims" founded the first colony in the area now known as "New England."
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The "Pilgrims" were "Puritans" who were seeking to "purify" the Church of England.
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An "Indian princess" named Pocahontas rescued early colonist Captain John Smith from certain death, and later fell in love with him.
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Early colonists celebrated the first Thanksgiving in November 1621, and it has been an annual holiday in North America ever since, except during the years of the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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Early English colonists developed strict laws and harsh punishments for those who broke them.
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Colonists in New England were friends with Indians and did not fight them, as settlers did later in the American West
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Enslaved Africans arrived in Colonial America before the Mayflower did.
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Early English colonists such as the Pilgrims introduced Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter to North America.
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Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
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