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34 Cards in this Set
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Armada
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A large fleet of ships, especially warships.
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charter
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An official document giving a person permission to do something, such as settle in an area.
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profit
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The money remaining after the costs of a business have been paid.
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stock
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Shares of ownership in a company
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cash crop
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A crop that is grown to be sold for profit.
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indentured servant
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A person who agreed to work for someone in colonial America for a fixed amount of time in ordert to pay for the ocean voyage.
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House of Burgesses
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The law making body of Colonial Virginia, extablished in Jamestown in 1619.
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May Flower Compact
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An agreement the Pilgrims made before landing in New England to ame and obey just and equal laws.
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Jamestown
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A town in southeastern Virginia; the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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Sachem
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The leader of chief of any group of Native Americans in the Eastern Woodland and Great Lakes regions.
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Massasoit
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Main Wampanoag sachem who made a peace agreement with the Pilgrims at Plymouth
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Squanto
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Pawtuxet Native American who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth to survive.
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Samoset
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Wamponoag sachem who was among those who first met the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
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William Bradford
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Governor of the Plymouth Colony beginning in 1621.
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Miles Standish
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English army captain at Plymouth who helped defend the Pilgrim colony.
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New England
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Northeastern region of the United States, containing the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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Plymouth
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A town in southeastern Massachusetts, founded by the pilgrims in 1620
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Queeen Elizabeth 1
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Queen of England during the founding of the Roanoke colony and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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English explorer, historian and soldier who started two unsuccessful colonies at Roanoke Island.
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King Phillip II
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King of Spain during the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Roanoke Island
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An island of the coast of North Caroline, the site of the Lost Colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh
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Hudson River
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A tidal river in eastern New York that empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Chief Powhatan
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Chief of the Powhatan who helped the English settlement at Jamestown.
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John Smith
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English army captain who strict discipline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive.
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Pocahontas
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Daughter of Chief Powhatan who marriage to John Rolfe lead to the Peache of Pocahontas from 1614 to 1617.
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Cape Cod
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A pennisula in southeastern Massachusetts, enclosing Cape Code Bay.
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Openchancanough
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Powhatan chief who led one of the last major Native American gattles against the english in Virginia in 1622.
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Chsapeake Bay
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A long arm of the Atlantic Ocean surrouned by Maryland and Virginia.
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Northwest Passage
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A water route believed to flow through North America to Asia that European explorers searched for from teh 1500's to the `1700's.
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Henry Hudson
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English explorer who searched for a Northwest Passage through North America beginning in 1609
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John Cabot
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Italia sea captain in the service of England who was the first European to explore North America in search of a Northwet Passge.
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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Italian sea captain in the service of France who searched for a Northwest Passage.
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Jacques Cartier
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French explorer who became the first European to navigate the ST. Lawrence River in 1535.
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Samuel de Champlain
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Explorer and founder of Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North American in 1608. He is known as the father of the New France.
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