Christopher Columbus: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator, who effectively discovered the New World in 1492. He is significant to the American Experience because he enabled the colonization and migration to America by the Puritans …show more content…
His significance to the American experience was that he promoted the colonization of North America, adding fuel to the fire of the exploration and colonization of the New world and America.
“Brave New World”: A phrase coined in the Shakespearean play “The Tempest”, it is used to describe the new colonists on the Island in the play. It is significant to the American experience because the term “Brave New World” is used to describe the unexplored and the economically rich, which to them was almost another planet to explore and exploit.
Samuel De Champlain: Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer who is credited with the discovery of Lake Champlain and the founding of “New France” or the city of Quebec in 1608. He is significant to the American Experience because he founded one of the first major cities in America, one of which that would become a major trading hub and a major base for French colonization of North