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s.s unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tolerance | accepting of many different beliefs |
| charter | permission to start a colony |
| mayflower compact | the first written doc to establish self government. |
| Jamestown | Virginia, tobacco crop saved jamestown |
| plymouth | Massachusetts, separatists to escape religious persecution |
| starving time | the first winter at jamestown |
| persecution | mistreatment because of a belief |
| roanoke | north Carolina leader=John white |
| house of burgesses | 1st representative government in America. system of self-government used by jamestown. |
| indentured servant | a person who works for seven years in exchange for a passage to America. |