U.S. History ABeka Chap.2 Places
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JodyCrampton on May 4, 2012
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Abeka Kids Network 2, Abeka United States History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Newfoundland | explored by John Cabot in 1497; England's first and only solid claim to territory in the New World |
| Nova Albion | land along the Pacific coast claimed for England by Sir Francis Drake in 1577 |
| Roanoke | island off the coast of North Carolina settled by John White in 1584 |
| Leyden | Dutch city where the Scrooby congregation found religious freedom in 1609 |
| New Plymouth | settlement established in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620; named after Plymouth, England |
| Boston | settlement on Massachusetts Bay established by the Puritans around 1630 |
| Providence | settlement in Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams in 1636 |
| St. Mary's | settlement in Maryland founded by English Catholics in 1634 |
| Albermarle Sound | region in North Carolina where the poorer people from the Virginia frontier and a few Quakers developed a settlement |
| New Sweden | first successful settlement in Delaware; founded by Swedish settlers in 1638 |
| New York | land granted to the Duke of York by King Charles II of England in 1664; originally settled by the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdam |
| Savannah | settlement founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733; became the colony of Georgia |
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