 | Term | Definition |
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Spanish Armada |
Was defeated, ended Spanish control of seas |
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Sir Francis Drake |
English adventurer who raided Spanish ports |
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Sir Walter Raleigh |
Sent 100 men to colonize Roanoke Island |
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Virginia Dare |
1st English child born in America |
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Captain John Smith |
Forced colonists to work and got supplies from Native Americans |
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John Rolfe |
Learned how to grow tobacco |
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William Tucker |
1st African American born in the colonies |
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Pilgrims |
Separatists that set out for religious freedom |
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Mayflower Compact |
Document Pilgrims created to pledge their loyalty to England |
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William Bradford |
Leader of Pilgrims |
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Squanto and Samoset |
Native Americans that helped the Pilgrims |
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John Winthrop |
Leader of Massachusetts Bay Company |
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Great Migration |
Period of time when thousands of Puritans came to America |
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Thomas Hooker |
Started Connecticut colony |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
First constitution in the colonies |
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Roger Williams |
Started colony of Rhode Island |
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