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Social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pocahontas | pocahanthontas was a native american women known for her association with james town settlemnt in 1600 |
| joint stock company | a buisness were many ppl invest money together, sharing profits |
| jamestown | first permanaent english settlement in north america, established in 1607 in now what is virginia |
| tobacco | a plant whose leaves are smoked in ciggaretes |
| headright | granted lands to settlers |
| house of burgesses | the first legislative assembly in american colonies, where elected representitive made laws |
| plymoth rock | spot were pilgrims first landed in america |
| mayfower | was the ship that carried the pilgrams from england to america in 1620 |
| mayflower compact | first agreement for self goverment in america, made by the pilgrams on their way to plymouth |
| william bradford | the leader of the pilgrims and the govenor of plymouth colony |
| thanksgiving | a holiday to give thanks to the harvest and good things |
| jhon winthrop | the first govenor of the massacuesets bay colony |
| religipous persecution | people are mistreated because of the religious belifes |
| new netherlands | a dutch colony in northamerica that included parts of what are now new york,new jersey,deleware,and connecticit |
| peter stuyvesant | the last dutch director-general of new netherland before it became an english colony |
| duke of york | the tittle of a person who took control of new netheraland from the dutch and renamed it new york |
| new york diverse population | made up of people from many different backgrounds,cultures, and places around the world |
| william pen | william pen was the founder of the colony of pennsalania who promted religious freedom and fair treatment of native americans |
| pacifists | people who believe that war and violence are wrong |
| quakers | members of religious group callled the religious society of friends known for the belive in peace |