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Intro Roenoke
HIstory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to explain the meaning of something | Interpretation |
| 1497, Portuguese sailor sailed south around Africa to get to Asia | Vasco de Gama |
| sailed west for Spain 1492, opened America’s up to European development | Columbus |
| a settlement of people in a distant region | colony |
| makes most of the decisions for people living in their colonies | home country |
| a group of colonies all controlled by one country | colonial empire |
| things that pushed people away from their homelands | Push factors |
| things that attracted people toward America | Pull factors |
| the ability to worship freely | Religious freedom |
| not allowing people to worship freely | Religious intolerance |
| England’s 1st attempt at settling the colonies | Roanoke |
| the governor and only survivor at Roanoke | John White |
| 1st permanent settlement in North America | Jamestown |
| was a military man, who helped save Jamestown | Captain John Smith |
| the profitable product of tobacco and later married Pocahontas | John Rolfe |
| a Pawtuxet Indian, who spoke English and helped the Pilgrims | Squanto |
| is a person who leaves their country of birth to live in another country | Immigrant |
| was a set of basic laws created by the Pilgrims | Mayflower Compact |
| daughter of Waunsonacock, who also saved John Smith’s life | Pocohantas |
| signed contracts to work in exchange for passage to the colonies | indentured servants |
| an attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and Virginia’s colonial government | Bacon’s Rebellion |
| gave 50 acres of land to colonists who paid own way Virginia | Headright system |
| was Virginia’s elected assembly | House of Burgesses |
| were protestants who wanted to reform the church of England | Puritans |
| Virginia farmer who started a rebellion against the governor | Nathaniel Bacon |
| Exported Lumber, Barrel Making Important, Shipbuilding Important | New England Colonies |
| First Settled by Dutch, Proportion of Slaves was as High as 30%, Duke of York given much of this land, Religiously and Ethnically Diverse | Middle Colonies |
| Large Plantations, Slavery was major part of economy, fertile soil and long growing seasons, grew cash crops, Settler became wealthy | Southern Colonies |
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