AP US History (Workbook #1, Vocab #2) Flashcards
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| 7315533012 | Powhatan | A member of an American Indian people of eastern Virginia. (Father of Pocahontas) | 0 | |
| 7315533013 | John Rolfe | Early English settler in North America, credited with the first cultivation of Tobacco (which became a very successful crop) as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia. (Also know as the husband of Pocahontas/Tobacco guy) | 1 | |
| 7315533014 | James Oglethorpe | British general, Member of Parliament and philanthropist, established the Georgia Colony and recruited settlers from England. (Made Georgia Colony) | 2 | |
| 7315533015 | John Smith | English soldier, sailor, and author. Mainly remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement, in Jamestown, Virginia. But was also leader of the Virginia colony (based at Jamestown), and led explorations along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. (Pocahontas fling guy) | 3 | |
| 7315533016 | Joint-stock Company | A company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders - used to fund commercial enterprises. (Investing company) | 4 | |
| 7315533017 | House of Burgesses | The first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the colony of Virginia (in 1619). A predecessor to government in other English Colonies. (Basically pre gov.) | 5 | |
| 7315533018 | Protestant Reformation | The 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, set in place structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. (People turned against the corrupt church dicks, Elisabeth rose to throne - got most England protestants) | 6 | |
| 7315533019 | Virginia Company | A Joint-stock company that was chartered by King James on April 1606 to try to establish settlements on the coast of North America (England poor, rich people combine to make a profit through a colony) | 7 |