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3.1
Sir Walter Raleigh |
founder of England's first American colony
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mercantilism
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economic system that Europen nations used to enrich their treasuries
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Jamestown
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first permanent English settlement in North America
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John Smith
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leader of the Jamestown colony
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headright
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land grant given to one who could pay his or her way to the colonies
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indentured servant
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one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to Amercia
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House of Burgesses
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the Virginia assembly, which was the first representative assembly in the American colonies
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joint-stock company
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company funded by a group of investors
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investor
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person who puts money into a project to earn a profit
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charter
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written contract giving the right to establish a colony
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royal colony
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colony ruled by the king's appointed officials
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