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4789995449John SmithLeader of Jamestown, took control of colony, and implemented the rule that those who don't work will not eat.0
4789995450Pocahontasa Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life; later married John Rolfe which made for good relations between the Jamestown settlers and the Native Americans1
4789996189PowhatanIndian chief and founder of the Powhatan tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas2
4789996190indentured servantsColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years3
4789997789Virginia CompanyThe first joint-stock company in the colonies; founded Jamestown; promised gold, conversion of Indian to Christianity, and passage to the Indies4
4789997790joint stock companyA company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.5
4789999389cavaliersnickname for the upper & middle class settlers who came to settle Virginia6
4790051777tobaccoCash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown; introduced to Virginia by John Rolfe7
4794255415The Starving Timepeople in Jamestown were too focused on finding gold, did not grow enough food for themselves; resulted in many deaths during winter of 1609-16108
4794260262House of Burgessesthe first representative government established in North America; governing institution of Jamestown, VA9
4794265199slavesused to grow tobacco instead of indentured servants in Jamestown and later, the other colonies; brought to the Americas by the Dutch to Jamestown10
4815943302PilgrimsGroup of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom.11
4815949291ThanksgivingA dinner between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives to celebrate the first harvest (successful growing of crops).12
4815958440SquantoNative American who helped the Plymouth colony survive by teaching skills. ( hunt, plant, guide, peace)13
4815965798Mayflower CompactA document written by the Pilgrims establishing a government in the Plymouth Colony; began colonists' tradition of self-government in the New World14
4815980329PlymouthColony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.15
4815989358Geography of New EnglandShort growing season, rocky soil, cold winters, mountainous region16
4815993018New England ColoniesMassachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire17
4816004636John WinthropPuritan Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned colony as a "city upon a hill"18
4816011115"City Upon a Hill"Idea of Massachusetts Bay Colony as a Puritan model for others to look up to19
4816020770PuritansA religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England of Catholic traditions; came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.20
4816024065direct democracyA form of government in which citizens rule directly21
4816027419town meetingsA purely democratic form of government common in the colonies, and the most popular form of local government in New England; the town's voting population would meet from time to time to elect officers, levy taxes, and pass laws.22
4816033765Roger WilliamsA dissenter who clashed with Puritans over the issue of separation of church and state; banished from Massachusetts in 1636; traveled south where he founded the colony of Rhode Island, which granted full religious freedom to its people23
4816039750Anne HutchinsonPuritan woman who disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts; her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island24
4816051612King Phillip's WarWar between the Native American tribes of New England and British colonists; was the result of tension caused by white settlers moving into Native American lands; the war ended Indian resistance in New England leaving the area for colonial expansion25
4816067389Metacomaka King Phillip; Native American chief who fought against English colonists in the King Philip's War against colonial expansion26
4816074781Salem Witch TrialsOutbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Puritan village marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria and stress27
4871682592Geography of the Middle ColoniesLong growing season, good fertile soil, and mild climate28
4871698557Middle ColoniesNew York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware29
4871726339William PennA Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.30
4871731026grainCash crop that brought economic prosperity to the Middle Colonies; grown in the "bread basket" of the Colonies31
4871749552proprietary colonyA colony owned and ruled by one person who was chosen by a king or queen32
4871750673royal colonyA colony under the direct control of a monarch33
4871754110frontierA wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country34
4871763098Great AwakeningReligious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.35
4871769923Johnathon EdwardsImportant leader in the Great Awakening; "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"36
4871776110Southern ColoniesVirginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia37
4871808114Lord BaltimoreFounder of Maryland, a colony which offered religious freedom, and a refuge for the persecuted Roman Catholics38
4871819186James OglethorpeEnglish leader who founded the colony of Georgia as a place where debtors from England could begin new lives39
4871823782Triangular TradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa40
4871835422Bacon's RebellionA rebellion led by a frontiersman in Virginia with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land when the governor of Virginia failed to help them41

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