French explorer of the St. Lawrence River.

Area of the Western Hemisphere from Mexico to Panama.

The act of establishing a colony in a new area.

People who settle in a distant land but who are ruled by their native land.

The study of the land, resources and people of an area.

Group by which an area is ruled.

The representative assembly in colonial Virginia.

The first permanent English settlement. It was established in colonial Virginia in 1607.

The branch of government which makes the laws. A lawmaking body.

The ship on which the Pilgrims came to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.

Document signed upon the Mayflower in 1620 which set up a government ruled by the people.

Dutch founder of New York.

Water passage through or around North America. It didn’t exist.

English people who sailed from Holland to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.

A belief that one race is superior to another.

The ability to practice a religion without interference from the government.

When people are elected to make the laws for a settlement.

Houses / villages of a group in a new area.

Forcing others to work for you.

Leader of Jamestown colony who helped it to survive by enforcing rules making people work in order to get food.

Series of islands in the Caribbean Sea, North of South America and east of Mexico and Central America.