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Early Colonies
vocabulary for Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth
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History
5th Grade
09/29/2009

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colony
Definition
a settlement far from the country that rules it.
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Roanoke
Definition
England's first attempt at a colony
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charter
Definition
a document that allowed colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler.
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Jamestown
Definition
first permanent English colony in the New World
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Virginia Company
Definition
a group of merchants that helped finance the colony of Jamestown
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John Smith
Definition
a settler in Jamestown who was elected leader.
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Chief Powhatan
Definition
leader of the Powhatan people who traded with Jamestown settlers
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Pocahontas
Definition
daughter of Chief Powhatan who visited the Jamestown settlement
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John Rolfe
Definition
settler who first raised tobacco in Virginia
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cash crop
Definition
a crop grown to sell for profit
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indentured servant
Definition
people who agreed to work for someone for a certain period of time in exchange for the cost of a passge to America.
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House of Burgesses
Definition
the first law-making assemblyin an English colony.
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Pilgrim
Definition
a person who travels to a new place for religous reasons
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Separatist
Definition
a group of people that wanted to sparate from the Church of England
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William Bradford
Definition
leader of a group of Separatists that settled in Cape Cod at Plymouth Colony
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Plymouth
Definition
colony founded by the Pilgrims in New England
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Mayflower
Definition
the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed in
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
a plan of government for the Plymouth Colony
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Samoset
Definition
a native American who helped the Pilgrims
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Squanto
Definition
A Native American living with the Wampanoag who helped the Pilgrims survive
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Massasoit
Definition
the leader of the Wampanoag who made a peace treaty with William Bradford and the Pilgrims
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Puritans
Definition
a group of English settlers who wanted to purify the Church of England
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Definition
colony founded by the Puritans called Boston
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Roger Williams
Definition
a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who was forced to leave because he believed the government should not punish people for what they believe.
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Rhode Island
Definition
English colony founded by Roger Williams that promised complete religous freedom
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Anne Hutchinson
Definition
another settler who was forced to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony because she believed that a persons own faith was more important that a church's rules and laws.
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