Who discovered and explored North America before the English colonized in 1608?

Question

like which explorer

Answer 1

Actually, the Vikings were fairly late comers. North America had been settled for thousands of years by people who initially migrated over the land bridge from Siberia, then spread out over North America and down into South America,

By the time the Vikings wandered in, there was an extensive system of tribes, some of whom were in conflict with and finally expelled the Vikings.

Some hundreds of years later good old Columbus turned up and then the rest of the horde.

Answer 2

Both France and England were competing, highly centralized states with more resources than most other European states. The British, moreover, increasingly built a larger and larger navy (Royal Navy). The nations that explored the Americas tended to be nations facing the Atlantic (Spain, England and to a lesser extent France with other Portugal, Russia and the Netherlands running far behind). In the aftermath of the Spanish discovery and the enrichment of the Spanish Empire, there was pretty much a rush for gold in these areas. The British followed very quickly after the Spanish. The French, for their part, did not want to be left behind so they eventually made a less successful go at it. It is pretty much all a matter of competition. Once one power does something, the other power wants to keep up with it. The same thing occurred year later with the rush for Africa and parts of the Middle East.

Answer 3

Native Americans.

Answer 4

Leif Erikson and his Vikings were the first to discover North America.

Answer 5

1607. By anyhoo, the first guy/girl? was right with the answer the Vikings. They came to modern day US and had brief settlements around the year 1005AD.

Answer 6

The Native Americans. They came from Asia.

Answer 7

The Vikings.

Answer 8

France and Spain.