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Chapter 4
The English Come to America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | An official permit to start settlements in America. |
| Wilderness | A wild, empty land that has not been settled. |
| Merchants | businessmen |
| London Company | a group of merchants who paid part of the cost of sending the colonists to Jamestown. |
| Swamp | an area where the ground is wet and spongy. |
| Wampanoag | is an Indian tribe who helped the Pilgrim's survive. |
| Separatists | wanted to separate from the Church of England;gave up their homes in England and moved to Holland; later traveled to the New World with Strangers; together the two groups were called Pilgrims. |
| Pilgrims | name given to the Separatists and Strangers who traveled together to the New World. |
| Strangers | people who wanted adventure and a chance to work in the New World; traveled with the Separatists; together the two groups were called the Pilgrims. |
| Treaty | written promise or agreement; agreement or understanding between two or more countries. |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Englishman who tried to start the colony of Roanoke in New World. |
| John White | was the governor of Roanoke |
| Chief Massosoit | leader of the Wampanoag tribe, came to make peace with the Pilgrams. |
| Miles Standish | soldier chosen by the Pilgrims to protect them. |
| William Bradford | governor of Plymouth for nearly 36 years. |
| Pocahontas | Indian princess who helped save the life of John Smith, later married John Rolfe. |
| John Smith | took control of Jamestown in 1608; said "He that does not work shall not eat." |
| Squanto/Samoset | both taught Pilgrims ways to survive. |
| John Rolfe | 1st successful tobacco farmer in Jamestown. |
| John Carver | Pilgrims' first governor of Plymouth |
| Powhatan | leader of the Indian tribe that helped Jamestown survive. |
| List 2 reasons Pilgrims came to New World | 1. Religious freedom 2. Wanted a say in how they are governed |
| 4 reasons King James I wanted to begin an English colony in the New World | 1. find a sea passage through America to the riches of the Indies 2. find gold, silver, and valuable minerals 3. find the people of the Lost Colony of Roanoke 4. teach the Indians Christianity |
| What happened to Roanoke(the Lost Colony) | It was the 1st English colony in America to fail. No one knows why it disappeared, the settlers were never found. |
| "Cash" crop of Jamestown | Tobacco |
| Difference between the 1st settlement (Roanoke) and the permanent seetlement(Jamestown) | Roanoke was not prepared for how dangerous it was and how much work it would take to live there. They were also more interested in becoming rich and returning to England that in beginning a colony and living there. In Jamestown they were men of good cha |
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