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indians
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Powhatan confederacy | Wahunsonacock led this powerful alliance of Algonquian Indians |
| Jamestown | founded on April 26, 1607, this Virigina Colony was named after the kind of England |
| John Smith | he gained control of Jamestown in 1608 and pushed settlers to work hard and build better housing |
| James Oglethorpe | he founded the colony of Georgia with the hope of attracting small farmers to settle there |
| Headright system | the system of granting land gave colonists, who paid their own way 50 acres of land, and an additional 50 acres for each person brought with them |
| slaves | they were in large demand in the south due to the need for a large, agricultural workforce |
| cash crops | many farmers and plantations in the southern colonies grew these |
| Olaudah Equiana | this former slave recorded his experiences in the southern colonies |
| indentured servents | the colonists agreed to work from 4-7 years on the farms of thos who paid their way to |
| toleration act of 1649 | this maryland law was the first effort in the English colonies to support religious freedom |
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