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US History Chap 2-1
US History Chapter 2 Part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Virginia Company offered these as a means of obtaining land in the colonies | Headrights |
| This man enforced the kind of discipline necessary for the survival of Jamestown | John Smith |
| A Powhatan chief's daughter who traveled to England | Pocahontas |
| A work contract that gave land to a colonist in exchange for labor | indenture |
| The type of colony governed by a trade company that received its authorization from the king | charter colony |
| The type of colony governed by appointees of the king | proprietary colony |
| The first self-governing assembly in America | The House of Burgesses |
| The reasons settlers came to America | land, riches, adventure, and religious freedom |
| In 1619, two ships arrived in Virginia -- one carrying African slaves and one carrying 90 women eligible for marriage. Why were these important. | Introduced slavery to the European New World and led to the establishment of lots of growing families. |
| The type of colony that was controlled directly by the king | royal colony |