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Early European Settlements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dutch Settlements | trading with Native Americans was so good they created the Dutch West India Company |
| Patroon System | A Dutch system where families that came to the New World got a piece of land if they brought over 50 people |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Leader of the Dutch Colony New Netherland |
| geography | the study of the earth's physical and cultural features |
| French Settlements | fur trading and Catholic mission work |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English settlement in the North America, found in East Virginia (1607) |
| Pocahontas | Chief Powhatan's daughter, married John Rolfe |
| Pilgrims | Group of English Protestants who established Plymouth colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom |
| Mayflower Compact | 1620- the 1st agreement for self gov't. in America. Set up a gov't. for Plymouth colony |