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15 Cards in this Set
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John Smith
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Established the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia
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Jamestown
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The first English settlement in Virginia
It was founded on May 14, 1607 |
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Joint Stock company
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A type of business entity .
It involves a partnership or corporation with two or more legal persons |
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Indentured Servant
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A laborer under a contract of an employer for a certain time, which is about 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing and other things
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Puritans
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During the 16th and 17th century, A group of a significant group of English Protestants
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John Winthrop
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Founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. He was a respected political figure
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King Philips War
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1689-1897; it was the first of the French & Indian Wars
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The Head Right System
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In 1918 it was used in Jamestown, Virginia to help the labor shortages.
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The Calverts
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First people & founders in Maryland in 1643
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Bacon's Rebellion
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In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led the first uprising in the Americas, which took place in Virginia. It was a protest against Native American raids on the foreigners.
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William Penn
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An English entrepreneur, also the founder of Pennsylvania
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Quakers
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Mercantilism
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Navigation Act
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Anne Hutchinson
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