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US History
1.3 English Exploration and Colonization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Cabot | An Italian navigator and explorer under the commission of Henry VII , King of England |
| Sir Francis Drake | Most famous admiral during Queen Elizabeth's I's rule |
| line of demarcation | Boundary created by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 giving Portugal rights to land east of the line and Spain rights to the land west of the line |
| Spanish Armada | Spanish naval fleet created by King Philip II to conquer Protestant England |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | He never actually came to North America but sponsored an expedition of colonists that settled on Roanoke Island. |
| mercantilism | An economic system that said a nation's wealth consisted of precious metals, especially gold, and that a country should increase its wealth by increase its gold surplus |
| joint-stock companies | Companies that raised large amounts of money to fund colonies by selling stock to investors in return for a share of any profits |
| John Smith | He worked to enforce the kind of discipline necessary for the survival of Jamestown. Believed in "if you don't work you don't eat". He improved relations with the Powhatan's tribe |
| House of Burgesses | Lawmaking body in Virginia that was the first self-governing assembly of American colonists. |
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