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18 Cards in this Set
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Raised money to outfit a colony in North America.
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Walter Raleigh
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A young soldier and explorer who observed that the colonists were not planting enough crops. He saved the colony by setting up stern rules that forced colonists to work if they wished to eat. He visited nearby Indian villages.
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John Smith
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The most powerful Indian chief in the area who supplied corn to the English.
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Powhatan
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The most famous crop.
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Tobacco
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Representative assembly in colonial Virginia.
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House of Burgesses
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Since 1215, a British document that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights.
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Magna Carta
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Representative assembly in England.
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Parliament
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Legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.
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Charter
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Representative to the colonial Virginia government.
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Burgess
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Political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
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Representative Government
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One of the voyagers who searched for European colonies and wrote about the horrors he endured.
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William Bradford
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In the 1600s, English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas.
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Pilgrims
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A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony.
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Mayflower Compact
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A Wampanoag who helped the Pilgrims most.
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Squanto
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Day at the end of the harvest season set aside by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God.
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Thanksgiving
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Chosen religion to a state.
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Established Church
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Mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs.
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Persecution
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Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow.
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Precedent
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