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8 Cards in this Set
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cash crop
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a crop grown for a profit
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charter
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official document giving a person or group permission to do something
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stock
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share in a company
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indentured servent
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a person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time for the exchange for the cost of the voyage to north america
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house of burgessess
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first law-making assembly in colonial virginia
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roanoke island
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englands first attemt at a permanent settlement in the new world. Sir Walter Raleigh was the organizer of the settlement. John White was governer. "lost colony"-last known clue was "croatoan" carved in trees.
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virginia
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first colony that was settled by englands virginia company of london. jamestown was the first permanent settlement.
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Jamestown
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first permanent english settlement in north america. founded in 1607. built in the swamps of virginia where settlers died of disease and starvation. John Smith saved the colony with his leadershipandfriendship with the indians.
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