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| Company that pooled the savings of people of moderate means and supported trading ventures because it was expensive. It was created by the English. It resulted in an increase of settlers |
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| Spaniard who founded 9 of the missions established along the Californian coast by Franciscan order from 1769 to 1784 |
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| Joint-stock company that was chartered by England's King James I. Established te first permanent English colony in America (Jamestown)in 1607 |
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| 1st permanent English colony in Am. Founded by Virginia Comp. in 1607. Suffered from attacks, famine, disease, etc. Captain John Smith lead them. Tobacco industry helped economy. Had slaves and indentured servants. Fell into debt and in 1624 it was taken control by King James I and became a royal colony |
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| English explorer, soldier, and author who helped the Jamestown colony survive. |
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| Englishman who established the tobacco industry at Jamestown. He and his wife, Pocahontas, made a new variety of tobacco. He came to Jamestown on the Third Supply. Their tobacco helped the economy of Jamestown |
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| Indian wife of John Rolfe. Helped make new variety of tobacco. She has Thomas Rolfe with him. She was the daughter of the Chief of the Powhatans |
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| Colony that is under the control of a king or queen. Jamestown Colony (Virginia) became England's first in 1624 |
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| Religious reformers who wanted to purify the Church of England of Catholic influences. During reign of James I. Influenced by John Calvin.Eventually they settled in the Plymouth Colony and the Mass. Bay Colony. |
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| Formed by less than 50 separatists from England and later Holland. Lost half of pop. in first winter. But survived due to Indians and had Thanksgiving. Under Miles Standish and William Bradford, the colony grew. Fish, furs, and lumber supported the economy |
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| Puritans who rejected the idea of simply reforming the Church of England and wanted to create a new church. They left England and went to Holland. But some decided to leave and go to Americas. They left on the Mayflower and made a colony in Mass. |
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| Name for the separatists who left Engliand in search of religious freedom |
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| Ship the Pilgrims used from Holland to Americas. They made the Mayflower Compact while aboard. |
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| Document Pilgrims made and digned while on the Mayflower that pledged to make decisions by the will of the majority. Early form of self-government |
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| Colony formed by Puritans who were not Separatists but were seeking religious freedom from King Charles I. In 1630 about a 1000 led by John Winthrop sailed for Mass. and founded Boston and other towns. There were limited but important democratic actions: Free men of the Puritan church can vote |
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| Man who led about 1000 puritans in sailing for the Mass. shore in 1630 and founding Boston and other towns. |
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| Movement of about 15,000 people from England to Mass. Bay Colony in the 1630s due problems in England (civil war, etc.) |
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| Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| 1st representative assembly in Am. Organized by Virginia's colonists in 1619. Created because they wanted to encourage settlement by guaranteeing the same rights that they had in England, including the right to be represented in the lawmaking process |
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