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Hendrix Unit #1
Vocab Due 8/31
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| jamestown | the first successful and permanent English colony in North America |
| joint-stock company | group of investors that share the profits and losses of a colony |
| john smith | person that helped Jamestown survive with his leadership |
| john rolfe | the person that introduced tobacco growing in Jamestown, made it successful |
| a person that agrees to work for 7-10 years in exchange for a free passage to america, given freedom and land at the end of their contract | |
| powhaten | group of Native Americans that helped and also fought with the Jamestown settlers |
| chief powhaten | Daughter of an Native American chief that helped Jamestown by providing food |
| first representative government in North America, located in Virginia colony | |
| also called the pilgrims, wanted to break from the church of England | |
| Name of the colony that the separatist established for religious freedom | |
| government of the pilgrims that set up major rule in there colony |