8th grade social studies
Roanoke
One of first attempts to settle in North America; colony was a failure because all residents disappeared
Charter
Document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
Stock
Shares of ownership a company sells in its business which often carries voting power
John Smith
an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor who played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, in the early 17th century; known as most successful leader of the Virginia Company
John Rolfe
an early settler of North America known for being the first person to cultivate tobacco in Virginia; married Pocahontas
Tobacco
a plant of the nightshade family which yields tobacco, native to tropical America. It is widely cultivated in warm regions and was a successful crop of southern US colonies.
Pocahontas
A Native American woman born around 1595 - the daughter of the powerful Chief Powhatan
Headright
a grant (as of money or land) formerly given one who fulfilled certain conditions relating especially to settling and developing land
Indentured Servant
Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
Pilgrims
Separatists who journeyed to the Colonies for religious purposes in the 1600s
Puritans
Protestants that wanted to reform the Anglican Church (Church of England)
Persecuted
subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs
Glory, God, Gold
Ideas behind settlements in New World
Economy
the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services
Virginia Company
Economic company who received right to settle in New World based on grant from James I
Separatists
Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church (church of England) and create their own churches
Netherlands
Country in Europe - where Separatists first sought religious freedom before heading to the New World
Mayflower
Ship that carried Pilgrims and other travelers to the New World and landed in 1620 in Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth Colony
William Bradford
Leader of the Plymouth Colony
Wampanoag
Natives who lived in the Plymouth area when the Mayflower arrived; initially friendly but would later go to war with the Colonists
Squanto/Samoset
Natives who befriended the Pilgrims and taught them essential survival skills and how to plant, hunt, and fish the region
Massasoit
a Wampanoag leader, signed a treaty with the Pilgrims in March 1621, and the two groups lived in harmony
Immigrant
a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Slave
a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey/work for them
Servitude
the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.
Mary Dyer
Quaker who was hanged by Puritan leaders for her beliefs
Anne Hutchinson
Puritan who disagreed with Puritan leaders in MA Colony and was banished by Puritan leaders