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13 Cards in this Set
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A place that is ruled by another country.
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colony
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A part of the ocean that is partly enclosed by the coast.
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bay
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The practice of one person owning another person by law.
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slavery
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An Italian explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Christopher Columbus
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This was important to the colonists because it gave them something to sell.
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tobacco
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An English colonial leader who helped Jamestown settlers survive the harsh winter.
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John Smith
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People who lost their land when the Europeans came to America and started colonies.
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Native Americans
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A Native American chief who helped the colonists by teaching them how to hunt, fish, and farm.
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Powhatan
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People who were forced to work the tobacco fields without pay.
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slaves
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A Jamestown leader who taught the colony how to grow tobacco.
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John Rolfe
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Many colonists died from starvation and _______.
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disease
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Daughter of Chief Powhatan, she married an English settler named John Rolfe.
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Pocahontas
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Three _______ that the colonists learned to grow were corn, beans, and squash.
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crops
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