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G9 Ch3 Sec 1
Term | Definition |
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Jamestown | an English settlement in Virginia founded in 1607 |
John Smith | a colonist and leader of Jamestown |
Pocahontas | a Powhatan Indian who married Jamestown colonist John Rolfe |
indentured servants | colonists who reached America by working for free for other people who had paid for their journeys |
Bacon’s Rebellion | an uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against high taxes |
Toleration Act of 1649 | an act that made limiting the religious rights of Christians a crime |
Olaudah Equiano | a former slave who wrote down his experiences |
slave codes | laws to control slaves |