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Early Settlement Vocabulary
Early Settlement Vocabulary Manteo – Native American who sailed back
to England with John White, later named Lord of Roanoke by the Queen of England.
Wanchese – Native American who sailed back to England with John White and later turned on the Roanoke colonists
Lost Colony – the colony at Roanoke that vanished without a trace.
Early Settlement Vocabulary John White – Governor of the second
Roanoke colony; grandfather of Virginia Dare
Spanish Armada – the Spanish fleet that attacked England in the 1580s
Virginia Dare – first English child born in America
Sir Francis Drake – English sea captain that rescued the settlers from the first Roanoke colony
Early Settlement Vocabulary Charter – a written contract, issued by a
government or other authority, giving the holder the right to establish a colony, corporation or other organization
John Smith – English explorer that led the Jamestown colony for a period of time
Indentured servant – an individual that works for a specified period of time without wages in exchange for transportation to the American colonies.
Early American Settlement John Rolfe – established tobacco as a
means of making money for the Jamestown colony and married Pocahontas
House of Burgesses – the legislature in Virginia founded in 1619 that served as an early step in establishing a representative government in America
Early Settlement Vocabulary
Virginia Company of London – joint-stock company that funded the Jamestown colony.
Starving time – a period of time during which most of the colonists at Jamestown starved.
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