SS - Early English Colonies: Virginia (STUDY GUIDE)

Joint Stock Company

people collectively invest in a project, split profit (or divide losses)

Investor

Person who puts money into a project in order to earn profit

Cash crop

A crop only grown to make money (tabaco)

Indentured servent

Person who sells his or her labor in exchange for passage to the colony

Cannibalism

Consuming one of the same species

Triangular fort

a fort built with 3 sides - like Jamestown; simple to build, easy to defend

Protestant

A Christian who is NOT a Catholic (English, Dutch) - from the word “protest”

Charter

A written contract given certain rights; Charters given to settle land

(Share of) stock

Share of ownership: bought by investors of a company (more money invested, more stocks received)

Brackish

Mixture of river and sea water; slightly salted (not good for irrigation or drinking)

Drought

Lack of water/dry land

Confederacy

An alliance: Powhatan confederacy

Monopoly

Complete control over a good or service

Northwest Passage

Route between Atlantic and pacific oceans, John Smith searched for this route to make going to Asia easier/quicker

Prophecy

a prediction of what will occur

Tobacco

Crop brought to VA by John rolph - milder than the tabacco grown by IP. Cash crop. King James I didn’t like it the habit but accepted it because it made him money/profit.

Armada

Fleet of warships; Spanish armada - 130 ships

Catholic

Member of a Catholic Church; head = pope

“Planting”

A colony

Mercantilism

Colonies provide raw materials to home country and these are sold back to colonies as manufactured goods

Queen Elizabeth I

“Virgin Queen” - never married; Virginia named after her

Sir Walter Raleigh

Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I

John White

Headed 2nd attempt to settle Roanoke: Governor of Roanoke

Virginia Dare

1st child born in America; GD of John White

Croatoans

Friendly tribe of Croatoan islands