8th grade ss honors unit 2 test

Pocahontas

Daughter of Chief Powhatan

Powhattan

Father of Pocahontas and Chief

John Smith

Explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay

John Smith

Created a sometimes-contentious relationship with Powhatan

John Rolfe

Married Pochahontas

John Rolfe

Planted first tobacco seeds in new world and established tobacco export in Jamestown

John White

Served as governor of Roanoke

Nathaniel Bacon

Leader of first revolt in new world against William Berkley in Jamestown

William Bradford

Organized first thanksgiving

Squanto

Native American who assisted Plymouth colony

Walter Raleigh

Brought tobacco to England

James 1

Established Church of England as official religion in England

Headright system

Legal grant to land

Indentured servants

People who served for 7 years for benefit

Separatists

People who wanted to pursue further church practices and so they traveled to new world for a ‘fresh start’

Puritans

Believed that the Church of England and Catholic church were too similar to be respected as separate churches and so they traveled west to the new world

Separatists

Became known as pilgrims

Mayflower

Ship that brought Pilgrims to new world

Charter

The right to land in form of document

Settling of Roanoke

Lost colony

Settling of Jamestown

Successful after Tobacco export began

Virginia Company

English trading company between new and old worlds

Staving time

Jamestown in desperate need of food

Bacons rebellion

Revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon to provide reform to people of Jamestown

Settling of Plymouth

Successful with help of Native Americans

Mayflower Compact

Set of rules created by people for the people