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TheFirstSettlementinNorthAmericaItisverydifficulttosayjustwhencolonizationbegan.ThefirsthundredyearsafterChristopherColumbus'sjourneyofdiscoveryin1492didnotproduceanysettlementontheNorthAmericacontinentbutrathersomeSpanishtradingpostsfurthersouth,agreatinterestingoldandadventure,andsomecolorfulcrimesinwhichtheEnglishhadtheirpart.JohnCabot,originallyfromGenoabutacitizenofVenice,wasestablishedasatraderinBristol,England,whenhemadeajourneyin1497.Buthisship,theMatthew,withitscrewofeighteen,didnomorethanseeanisland(probablyofftheNewEnglandcoast)andreturnhome.HeandhissonmadefurthervoyagesacrossthenorthAtlanticwhichenabledtheEnglishcrowntoclaima“legaltitletoNorthAmerica.ButforalongtimeafterwardstheEuropeans'interestinAmericawasmainlyconfinedtotheSpanishactivitiesfurthersouth.

ThefirstbeginningofpermanentsettlementinNorthAmericawerenearlyahundredyearsafterColumbus'sfirstvoyage.TheEnglishmanSirWalterRaleighclaimedthewholeofNorthAmericaforEngland,callingitVirginia.In1585hesentasmallgroupofpeoplewholandedinRoanokeIsland,buttheystayedonlyforayearandthenwentbacktoEnglandwithanotherexpedition,ledbyDrake,in1587Asecondgroupwholandedin1587hadalldisappearedwhenafurtherexpeditionarrivedin1590，

ThefirstpermanentsettlementinNorthAmericawasin1607.EnglishcapitalistsfoundedtwoVirginiacompanies,asouthernonebasedinLondonandanorthernonebasedinBristol.ItwasdecidedtogivethenameNewEnglandtothenorthernarea.ThefirstsettlersinVirginiawerelittlemorethanwageslavestothecompany.Allweremenandtheexperimentwasnotverysuccessful.Manydied.Thosewhosurvivedlivedinmiserableconditions.By1619thecolonyhadonlyathousandpeople.

1. Weknowforsurethatcolonizationbeganattheendofthe15thcentury.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Notmentioned

2. AmongtheearlysettlersinSouthAmericainthel6thcenturywereSpanishtraders.            A.Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

3. WithJohnCabot'sarrivalatanislandofftheNewEnglandcoastin1497,theBritishCrownclaimedtobethelegalownerofNorthAmeric   

A. Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

4. TherewereeighteenpeopleonboardtheMatthewduringitsvoyagetoNorthAmericain1497

A. Right            

B.Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

5. ThefirstattemptmadebyEuropeanpeopletosettledownpermanentlyinNorthAmericaoccurredinthel580s.            

A. Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

6. ThenameVirginiawasgiventoNorthAmericabySirWalterRaleigh.            

A. Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

7. SirWalterRaleighsentsomepeopletoVirginiaforayearin1585.            

A. Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned

8. ThefirstpermanentsettlementinNorthAmericawasin1607.            

A. Right            

B. Wrong           

 C.Notmentioned

9. ThenameNewEnglandwasgiventothenorthernareaofNorthAmericabythebossofoneofthetwoVirginiacompanies.           

A. Right            

B. Wrong           

C.Notmentioned

10. ThefirstsettlersinVirginiawereallslavesmixedwithmenandwomen.            

A. Right            

B. Wrong            

C.Notmentioned