| Term | Definition |
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Sir Francis Drake |
an english adventurer who attacked spanish ships and ports |
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Humphrey Gilbert |
claimed newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth |
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Sir Walter Raleigh |
claimed land in North America (by Queen Elizabeth) |
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Roanoke Island |
where the first colony in america was set up |
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John White |
led people in expedition to Roanoke |
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Virginia Dare |
first baby born in the New World |
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charters |
the right to organize settlements in an area |
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joint-stock company |
a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits |
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Jamestown |
the first SUCCESFUL colony in north america |
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Captain John Smith |
the first governor and he helped save the colony |
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John Rolfe |
married Pocahontas |
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Pocahontas |
the daughter of Chief Powhatan |
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headright |
a special kind of land grant |
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burgesses |
elected representatives to an assembly |
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dissent |
disagreement with or opposition to an opinion |
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persecuted |
treated harshly |
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Puritans |
protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church |
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Separatists |
people who wanted to leave and set up their own churches |
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Cape Cod |
the first land the pilgrims sighted |
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William Bradford |
the pilgrims leader |
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Mayflower Compact |
a formal document the pilgrims drew up |
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Squanto and samoset |
indians who befriended the colonists |
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Massasoit |
the Wampanoag leader |
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Great Migration |
when more than 15,000 Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times |
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toleration |
the acceptance of different beliefs |
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Hartford |
a colony led by Hooker |
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John Wheelwright |
led a group of dissidents from Massachusettes to the north |