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13 Colonies Unit


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Sir Walter RaleighFinanced the Roanoke colony, and lost his investment
John SmithLeader who saved the colonists of Jamestown
John RolfeSaved Jamestown Colony with Tobacco as a crop
PocahontasNative American who assisted Jamestown settlement. Married John Rolfe.
William PennFounder of Pennsylvania colony. He was a Quaker.
Indentured ServantSwaps 7 years of labor for passage to a coloy.
SeperatistSomeone who wanted to seperate from the Anglican Church.
PuritanSomeone who wanted to purify (or reform) the Anglican Church.
MayflowerThe ship that brought Seperatists to Plymouth, MA
PatroonA large land owner in New Netherlands
Triangular Tradedescribes the slave ship trade route between America, Europe, and Africa
Mayflower CompactAn agrement that all passengers on the Mayflower would work together and form a gov't.
Joint Stck CompanyA company of many investors who sponsor a colony
House of BurgessesRepresentative gov't. in the Virgina Colony
Town MeetingCitizen-run gov't in New England colonies
New NetherlandsDutch colony in the New World
King Philips WarWar between Mass. colonists and local Native Americans
ConstitutionA written plan specific about how gov't. is to run.
French and Indian WarThe war that decided control of North America b/tn France & England
PacifistSomeone who refuses to fight in war
Act of TolerationMaryland's doctrine of religious acceptance
Great MigrationThe flood of 11.000 Puritans to MA