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Chapter 3
The American Promise 5th Edition. Professor: Jones-Reed : Keywords
Term | Definition |
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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 |