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1. Who was the first Frenchman to explore the St. Lawrence River?

2. What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

3. What was the name of the company that sponsored the Jamestown settlement?

4. What was the name of the rules that the Pilgrims drew up to establish how they would govern themselves?

5. Who was the leader of the Puritans who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He said that this community would be "as a City upon a Hill" as an example to all mankind.

6. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh's half brother who set out in 1578 and claimed the North American coast for Queen Elizabeth but died on his return trip to England?

7. Which king of England established the Anglican Church?

8. Who was the artist whose drawings from Raleigh's expeditions gave Europeans an important insight into life among the Native Americans?

9. Who was the first European to explore the coast of North Carolina?

10. Who was the Italian navigator for whom the New World was named?

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