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Social Studies

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Roanoke Island   off the coast of NC, John White formed a colony on this island in 1587, 3 years later when he returned the colonists were gone. All that was left was the word croatoan carved on a tree  
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John White   the leader of the colony on Roanoke island  
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Charter   a document permitting colonists to settle land claimed by their ruler  
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Sir Walter Raleigh   he was Queen Elizabeth's trusted advisor, brought tobacco back to England and founded Virginia in honor of Queen Elizabeth  
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Virginia   a region in northern Florida which was named Virginia  
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Queen Elizabeth   she was known as the virgin queen and that is why Virginia was named after her  
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Chesapeake Bay   located in eastern Virginia where a lot of native Americans lived they called the area Tsenacomacoh  
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Stock   shares of a company  
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Armada   a large fleet of spanish ships that tried to invade England  
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Tsenacomacoh   located near the Chesapeake Bay originally Indian land, but later settled by the English  
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Chief Powhatan   a respected Native American leader of Powhatan  
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King James I   is the namesake of the Jamestown Colony which was settled on the James River. The settlers were all wealthy men  
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Jamestown   sat on a swampy peninsula on Chesapeake bay had a fort, and church, there was a lot of disease and many people died  
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Captain John Smith   sent to protect the settlers. He was a strong leader that Jamestown needed  
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John Rolfe   harvested the first tobacco crop in 1614  
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Cash Crop   a crop that is sold for money  
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Indentured Servants   servants that bound themselves to serve someone for a certain period of time usually for five to seven years  
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House of Burgesses   made laws for the colonies  
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Pocahontas   the daughter of Powhatan, she married John Rolfe  
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