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Jamestown

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SIR WALTER RALEIGH: An English explorer who helped start England’s first colony in America, called Roanoke, although it later mysteriously disappeared.
HEADRIGHT A system that gave land (usually 50 acres) to colonists who paid for their own trip to Virginia or brought others to the colony.
INVESTOR A person who gives money to a company or colony in hopes of making a profit later.
MERCANTILISM An economic system where countries try to gain wealth by controlling trade and getting gold and silver, often by using colonies to provide raw materials.
INDENTURED SERVANT A person who agreed to work for someone for a set number of years (usually 4–7) in exchange for a free trip to the colonies.
CHARTER: A legal document from the king that gave a person or company permission to start a colony.
JAMESTOWN: The first successful English colony in North America, founded in Virginia in 1607.
ROYAL COLONY: A colony that was directly ruled by the king, instead of a private company or individuals.
JOHN SMITH: A strong leader who helped save Jamestown by making a rule that everyone must work in order to eat.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY: A business where many people invest money together and share the profits or losses. This is how Jamestown was started.
ROANOKE: The first English attempt at a colony in America, started by Sir Walter Raleigh. It mysteriously disappeared and is called the “Lost Colony.”
Pocahontas: Pocahontas was the daughter of the Powhatan chief who helped the Jamestown colonists and later married John Rolfe.
John Rolfe: An English colonist in Jamestown who introduced tobacco as a cash crop and married Pocahontas.
HOUSE OF BURGESSES: The first representative government in the American colonies, where colonists could vote for lawmakers in Virginia.
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