Set: Early Colonies
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All 8 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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joint-stock company | people who put money into a project to earn profits |
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Jamestown | first permanent English settlement |
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charter | a written contract, issued by a government, giving the holder permission to establish a colony |
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House of Burgesses | 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies |
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indentured servant | men & women who sold their labor to the person who paid their passage |
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John Smith | took over control of Jamestown and improved the colony |
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John Rolfe | married Pocahontas and saved the colony by teaching the colonists to grow tobacco |
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Bacon's Rebellion | revolt against colonial rule other Native American land |
Set Information
| Terms | 8 |
| Creator | joycethomas |
| Created | October 16, 2007 |
| Groups | None |
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| Access | Anyone |
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