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unit _one _vocab_ due_ 31st_ of _august _at_ midnight
| 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 |
| indentured servant | a person that agrees to work for 7-10 years in exchange for free passage to America, given freedom and land at the end of their contract |
| powaten | group of Native Americans that helped and also fought with the Jamestown settlers |
| pochahontas | Daughter of a Native American chief that helped Jamestown by providing food |
| house of burgesses | first representative government in North America, located in Virginia colony |
| sepratist | Also called the Pilgrims, wanted to break from the Church of England |
| pylomouth colony | Name of the colony that the Separatists established for religious freedom |
| the townsmen | government of the Pilgrims that set up majority rule in their colony |
| squanto | Native American that helped pilgrims by showing them how to grow food using fish as a technique |
| puritans | Religious group that wanted to stay in the Church of England and reform it |
| theocracy | type of government in which religious leaders make the laws |
| john winthrop | governor of Massachusetts Bay, leader of the Puritans |
| william bradford | Governor of Plymouth, leader of the Pilgrims |
| model of christan charity | name of a speech given by John Winthrop that says Massachusetts will be an example of religious faith and hard work |
| thomas hooker | founder of the Connecticut Colony |
| anne huthinsion | the founder of Rhode Island, wanted peace with Native Americans |
| rhode island | the first colony that estalished reliogus freedom |