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Chapter 3
The American Promise 5th Edition. Professor: Jones-Reed : Keywords
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Algonquian Indians | Costal plains of Virginia |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | Against the Chesapeake colonial gov in 1676 |
| Lord Baltimore | Catholic nobleman |
| Barbados | Tiny island, sugar producer |
| Governor William Berkley | Governor of Virginia |
| Grandees | Elite planters |
| Headright | 50 acres |
| House of Burgesses | 1st assembly of representatives 1619 |
| Indentured Servants | Poor Immigrants |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement 1607 |
| Mercantilism | Import tax |
| Navigation Act | Colonial goods transported in English ships with English crews 1650-1651 |
| Opechancanough | 2nd Algonquian supreme chief assault on Jamestown settlers |
| Pocahontas | Future wife of John Rolfe |
| Pope | Organized the Pueblo Revolt, native leader |
| Powhatan | 1st Algonquian supreme chief of small peninsula |
| John Rolfe | English settler of Jamestown and marries Pocahontas |
| Captain John Smith | Jamestown Leader |
| Virginia Company | Joint stock company, received 6 million acres |
| Yeoman | Poor farmer who owned a small sufficient plot of land |