Question | Answer |
-Spanish monk. -Wrote letters to the king telling how Indians were mistreated. -Wrote "A short account of the destruction of the Indies" | Bartolome De las Casas |
-Jon Cabot born in Italy. -Landed in new Finland, planted a flag and left. -Got a fleet of ships, colonists, never made it | Giovanni Caboto |
-A famous travel writer & mapmaker -Traveled w/ Columbus -continents named after him | Amerigo Vesucci |
-Told Spain about how the Portuguese found the tip of Africa -Set to sail around the world -Got killed in Phillipino battle -First to make it across the world | Ferdinand Magellian |
Killed by his people, conquered Incas | Francisco pzarro |
-Conquered Aztecs -Aztecs thought he was their demigod | Hernan Cortes |
-European responsible for founding the oldest continuously occupied European settlement -First to see the Pacific beheaded by Pizarro | Vasco Balboa |
-Wanted a new beginning -Lands in Florida, thinks its an island gets into fight and killed by an arrow | Juan Ponce de leon |
-While looking for the "city of gold" he was one of the first to see the grand canyon | Francissco Corrinado |
-Traveled through the south -Created the border with forts/missions like the Alamo | Hernando de Soto |
-Founded Santa Fe -introduced horses and cattle to the Indians -Driven out by Pueblo Indians during the Pueblo revolt | Juan de Onate |
-sailed for the French -sought Northwest passage to Asia -Traded with the Indians and began the Fur trade | Giovanni Verrizano |
-Discovered St. Lawrance river -Allied w/ the Indians | Jacques Cartier |
-French protestant/ Huguenot -Builds a fort in Florida which Spain destroyed -First colonial war for empires -Killed by Spanish | Jean Ribault |
-First French settlement -Continued alliance w/ Algonquin & Heron became enemies with Iriquois | Samuel de Champlain |
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