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- 1. governor of the so-called Lost Colony at Roanoke Island, when all of the colonists disappeared
- 5. Queen of England and Ireland who ruled England between 1558 and 1603
- 7. Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island
- 10. director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland (1626 - 1633) by bargaining with the natives for the "purchase" of Manhattan and founded the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638
- 12. the last of the Dutch governors of New Amsterdam, who was forced to surrender New Amsterdam to the English
- 13. Italian navigator and explorer for France who was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays
- 18. a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
- 19. a French explorer, navigator, soldier, and diplomat, who founded Quebec City, and New France, on 3 July 1608
- 20. the English colony formed after the Dutch surrendered New Netherland
- 22. Italian explorer and navigator known for his 1497 voyage to North America, where he claimed land in Canada for England.
- 23. a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.
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- 1. explorer for France, he was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
- 2. known for his "discovery" of two bodies of water later named after him while exploring for England and separately, the Dutch
- 3. an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America, but the colonists inexplicably disappeared
- 4. a written document outlining — or mapping — the rights and obligations of a company or organization, or a town or entire colony, granted by a king or queen
- 6. brother to the King of England, he took over New Amsterdam without a shot, and renamed it after himself
- 8. showing a great deal of variety; very different
- 9. an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.
- 11. purchased Manhattan Island from the natives, and founded in the same year—1623 —New Amsterdam
- 14. the territory colonized in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534
- 15. sits on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, founded by Samuel de Champlain
- 16. explored North America from North Carolina to present-day Florida, naming the region Virginia in honor of Elizabeth, the “Virgin Queen," and founded the colony of Roanoke
- 17. a small group of Native Americans who lived on the coast of what is now North Carolina, as well as an island of the same name
- 21. was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland from 1638 to 1647; tried to tax, and then drive out, local Native Americans