Chapter 4

Review

official permission to operate

charters

commander of the settlement sent by

the London Company

Christopher Newport

French explorer crossed the Great Lakes and explored as far as present day Louisville, Ky.

LaSalle

sent to establish trade directly with the Cherokee

James Needham and

Gabriel Arthur

Cherokee Village

Journeyed from Potomac River

down the Mississippi River to New Orleans

where they were arrested

John Howard

and Peter Salling

flows from Kanawha Falls

to the Ohio at Point Pleasant.

Kanawha Falls

Kanawha River

Point Pleasant

Commander of Fort Henry

Abraham Wood

barrier to explorations

mountains

easiest routes and first explored

valleys and gaps

governor of Virginia outfitted

a number of expeditions

William Berkeley

things in Lederer's journal

that were questioned

lions , "Atlantick Ocean" , peacocks

MountainLion

WildTurkey

Two land companies

London and

Plymouth

Charted the New River and

made a claim to the Allegheny

Valley

Batts and Fallem

New River

What happened to Needham ?

killed by

Indian John

first European to

see the Great

Kanawha River

Mouth of the Coal River

Gabriel Arthur

Presented Golden

Horseshoes on his expedition

Alexander Spotswood

Alexander Spotswood

buried engraved leaden plates in the banks of the

Ohio River

Celoron de Blainville

two of the most important land company

explorers

Thomas Walker and Christopher

Gist

What gap did Thomas Walker name?

CumberlandGap

trail that Christopher

Gist followed

National Road

points to the magnetic north

compass

measures and maps out the size, shape,

position, of an area

surveyor

map-making

cartography

things heard in rumors or gossip

hearsay

German physician , first recorded

European to reach the crest of the Blue

Ridge Mountains

John Lederer

found the M.A.N.I.

tree

Batts and

Fallem

refused to send troops to

protect settlers

Governor Berkeley

Planter who led a rebellion and

burned Jamestown

Nathaniel Baccon

a military force

composed mostly of citizen-soldiers

militia

first permanent

English settlement

Jamestown

meets The Great Kanawha River , near present day St. Albans

Big Coal River

Big Coal River

Pamphlet published

by Edward Bland

"The Discovery of New

Brittaine"

How money could be made in Virginia

Land - furs

a journey for a

specific purpose

expedition

sole possession or control of

something, such as the buying or

selling

monopoly

First recorded European to enter what is

now WV

John Lederer

Journeyed from the Potomac down the Mississippi to

New Orleans

Howard and

Salling

Killed by Indian John

James Needham

one who travels somewhere from another location but who does not plan to stay in the

new place permanently

tourist

The two countries who were

rivals in the Ohio Valley

France and England