The Portuguese prince who created a navigation school in the early 15th century.

A combination of political and religious authority.

A Protestant belief in pre-destination.

Guns, germs and steel helped defeat the Native Americans for these 'conquerors'.

The first English settlement in the Carolina's that disappeared.

They set out to find the tip of Africa and connect it beyond the Indian Ocean.

A European economic control system utilized in the New World with the understanding that economic gain would benefit the mother country.

The "Black Robes" who spread Christianity and literacy among natives around French settled colonies in the North (Canada).

Compulsory labor contracted to work for 4 to 7 years in exchange for payment of the voyage to the New World.

The first successful English settlement in Virginia.

He sailed too far west and reached the South American Coast by mistake. This allowed him to claim Brazil for Portugal - their only claim in the New World.

The pursuit and gain of success and wealth as an all-important sign of being chosen by God.

A native alliance led by Powhatan which attempted to maintain peace with colonists.

British internal struggle between the Catholics and Anglicans in the 15th century after Henry VIII had established the Anglican Church with the King at its head.

She married the English Settler John Rolfe in an attempt to maintain peace between the colonists and the natives.

A Genoese mariner who convinced Ferdinand and Isabelle to fund his voyage to reach East Asia.

European companies that established colonies in the New World for the purpose of economic profit.

The first elected assembly in colonial America.

Competition for food and work led to an increase in prices with a decrease in wages.

An Englishman hired by the Dutch East India Company who sailed into the New York harbor and up the river, later named for him, claiming it for the Netherlands.

America was named after this explorer sponsored by Spain and Portugal.

Shareholders/landholders who imported tenants for agricultural labor, claiming 10% of tenant's annual income and exercising complete authority over law enforcement.

An agreement between the Spanish and Portuguese which relinquished all but control of Brazil in the New World to the Spanish.

Calvinist Protestants who came to British America giving birth to Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches.

Three famous Spanish gold seekers. The legendary fountain of youth and Cibola eluded them but the Grand Canyon and Mississippi River did not.