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SS Chapter 3 page 2
Term | Definition |
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Fort Neoheroka | The site where the colonists defeated the Tuscarora people during the Tuscarora War |
Sir Walter Raleigh | English explorer who set up England's first colony in North America on Roanoke Island |
John White | English painter and mapmaker who led the second group of colonists who settled on Roanoke Island |
Giavanni da Verrazano | Italian explorer for France who explored the area around the Cape Fear River and Pamlico Sound in 1524 |
Edenton Tea Party | Led by Penelope Barker, women of Edenton decided not to drink tea until British tea tax was cancelled |
Stamp Act | Colonists were required to pay for special stamps to use for most printed items. Colonists protested this tax |
Queen Elizabeth | Queen of England. Approved setting up of first British colony in new world at Roanoke Island |
General Cornwallis | British general during American Revolution |