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Native Americans 
Americans whose ancestors arrived or were born in Americas and established extensive tribal cultures and several advanced civilizations
The first Americans traveled from Asia across the Bering Strait into North America, and then down to South America
European explorers 
Sought wealth and conquest in America from the 1400s to the 1600s
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in search of a route to Asia that would be faster than the traditional route around Africa
Trade with Asia 
Very attractive to Europeans who wanted to find Asian gold, jewels and spices
When Columbus reached land what is now the Bahamas, he thought he had found India and called the inhabitants Indians
In 1501–1502, an explorer named Amerigo Vespucci sailed to South America and realized that they had found a "New World"
South America and North America got their names from that explorer's name: Amerigo
Many European nations set out to establish colonies there
Settlements
Established to gain power and wealth or to provide colonists a place for permanent residence
In 1565, people from Spain set up a town, or colony, called St. Augustine
The first permanent English settlement was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
Jamestown 
Growing tobacco to trade with England
John Rolfe and Pocahontas
In 1619, the colonists in Virginia created an elected legislature called the House of Burgesses
Most of these representatives were members of the Church of England (also called the Anglican Church)
In 1758, each county sent two representatives, who by law had to be male landowners and at least 21 years old
In 1620, the Pilgrims, who were persecuted in their homeland for their beliefs, sailed to the Americas aboard the ship namely Mayflower
These people established Plymouth colony in Massachusetts and drafted the Mayflower Compact, which introduce a set of basic laws
The Puritans, also seeking freedom from the Church of England, established a colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony