The Founding of America

Look back into section 1. Match the explorer to the part of the Americas that they discovered, explored or colonized. Columbus The New World- North and South America, various islands Juan Ponce de Leon Present day Florida Cabot Eastern Canada Verrazzano North Carolina to Canada Henry Hudson New York Bay What sentence gives the reader context into the meaning of devastating? Columbus’ discovery began an era of European exploration and colonization that had a devastating effect on the Native Americans They laid claim to much of the new lands Many died of diseases carried by the Europeans. Others were killed in warfare or forced into slavery.