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Graham Unit #1
8/31 at midnight - Unit 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Jamestown | the first successful and permanent English colony in North America |
joint-stock company | group of investors that share the profits and losses of a colony |
John Smith | person that helped Jamestown survive with his leadership |
John Rolfe | the person that introduced tobacco growing in Jamestown, made it successful |
Indentured servant | a person that agrees to work for 7-10 years in exchange for free passage to America, given freedom and land at the end of their contract |
Powhatan | Group of Native Americans that helped and also fought with the Jamestown settlers |
Pocohontas | Daughter of a Native American chief that helped Jamestown by providing food |
House of Burgesses | First representative government in North America, located in Virginia colony |
Separatists | Also called the pilgrims, wanted to break from the church of England |
Plymouth | Name of the colony that the separatists established for religious freedom |
Mayflower Compact | Government of the pilgrims that set up majority rule in their colony |
Squanto | Native American that helped pilgrims by showing them how to grow food using fish as a technique |
Puritans | Religious group that wanted to stay in the Church of England and reform it |
Massachusetts Bay | The name of the colony the Puritans established |
Theocracy | Type of government in which religious leaders make the laws |
John Winthrop | Governor of Massachusetts Bay, leader of the Puritans |
William Bradford | Governor of Plymouth, leader of the pilgrims |
City On A Hill | Name of a speech given by John Winthrop that says Massachusetts will be an example of religious faith and hard work |
Thomas Hooker | Founder of the Connecticut colony |
Roger Williams | The founder of Rhode Island, wanted peace with the Native Americans |