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England's Colonies
| Question/Term | Answer/Definition |
|---|---|
| Armada | A fleet of warships. |
| Compact | An agreement. |
| Interpreter | A person who translates languages. |
| Mayflower Compact | A written agreement a the Mayflower ship about the laws of their colony. |
| Pilgrim | A person who makes a hard journey for religious reasons. |
| Profit | An amount of money earned after all payments. |
| Indentured Servant | A person who agrees to work for a certain amount of time to pay for their travel. |
| Seperatist | A person who wants to remain separate from a government or religion. |
| Elizabeth 1 | The Queen of England in the middle to late 1500s. |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | An explorer who used his money to start an American colony, Roanoke. |
| John White | An English painter who led the second settlement at Roanoke. |
| Virginia Dare | The first European child born in America. |
| John Smith | The Jamestown leader who saved the colony by stating, "He who shall not work shall not eat!" |
| Chief Powhatan | The Native American leader of a federation of tribes. |
| Pocahontas | The daughter of Chief Powhatan, who saved John Smith's life and brought peace among the Indians and colonists, later married John Rolfe. |
| John Rolfe | An English explorer who discovered and grew tobacco from the colonies, later marrying Pocahontas. |
| James 1 | The King of England in the early 1600s. |
| William Bradford | The governor of the Plymouth colony. |
| Massasoit | The Chief of the Wampanoag Native Americans. |
| Tisquantum | A Native American who spoke English and helped the colonists by acting as their interpreter and teaching them ways to survive. |