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s.s. chapter 3
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sir walter raleigh | was the founder of England’s first American colony |
| mercantilism | an economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries |
| jamestown | the first permanent english settlement in north america |
| pocahontas | chief powhatan’s daughter, who belonged to the Powhatan people, and married a colonist named john rolfe |
| headright | land grant given to one who could pay his or her way to the colonies |
| tobacco | cash crop |
| house of burgesses | the virginia assembly which was the first representative assembly in the american colonies |
| virginia & plymouth company | the two companies that were allowed to colonize the new world |
| pilgrims/mayflower | a pilgrim is a person who goes on a religious journey and traveled on a ship called the mayflower |
| puritans | english dissenters who wanted to reform the church of england |
| squanto | a native american who taught the pilgrims how to plant native crops |
| roger williams | a puritan dissenter who established rhode island |
| lord baltimore | catholic owner of the colony of maryland |
| act of toleration | maryland law that forbade religious persecution |
| james oglethorpe | the founder of georgia |
| slavery, plantations, and cash crops were known for in | southern colonies |
| roanoke | the lost colony |
| william penn | quaker founder of pennsylvania |
| sir george carteret and lord john berkeley | founded new jersey |
| large cities, rich soil, mild winters, and large rivers | middle colonies |
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