The First French, Dutch & English Colonies

Northwest Passage

a waterway though or around North America

Coureur De Bois

a French colonist who lived in the lands beyond French settlements as a fur trapper

Alliance

an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

Charter

a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

Burgess

a representative to the colonial Virginia government

Representative Government

a political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

Bacon's Rebellion

a 1676 revolt of Virginia colonists against the colony's governments

Pioneer

someone who is one of the first people to move to and live in a new area

Signify

to indicate or be a sign of