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Colony
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A place far from home where a group of people called colonists settle but maintain ties to their homeland.
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Colonists
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A group of people who settle in a new country but keep their ties to their mainland.
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Charter
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A document that grants certain rights to a town, city, land, school or organization.
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Raw Materials
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Resource in its natural state, such as wood, fur, gold, and silver that can be used to manufacture a product. Ex. wood-----paper, houses, furniture, etc.
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Stock
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A share of ownership in a company.
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Stockholder
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A person who uses their own money to buy shares in a company for profit.
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Profit
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The money you make after you have paid all of the expenses.
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Jamestown
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The first permanent English settlement founded in 1607 as an economic venture.
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Economic Venture
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A plan that involves making money.
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Captain Christophe Newport
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Captain of the Susan Constant and a leader of the expedition.
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Virginia Company of London
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Stockholders who financed the settlement of Jamestown.
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Agriculture
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Growing crops and raising animals for food and trade.
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Captain John Smith
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Took over leadership of Jamestown on 1608----created a forced work program (no work = no food)
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Tobacco
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The colony's biggest money--making crop.
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General Assembly
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Meetings where the burgesses, governor's council and governor met to create laws for the colonies.
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Burgess
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A person who represented each colony.
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Legislative
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The part of the government that makes the laws.
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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First elected legislative body in English America, giving settlers the opportunity to control their own government.
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Africans
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Persons from Angola captured by Portuguese sailors who arrived in 1619 and forced to work against their will.
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Bride Ship
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Arrived in 1620 carrying additional women to make it possible to establish families and create a more permanent settlement.
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