| A | B |
|---|
| plantations | large farms |
| planter | the owner of a plantation |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for a planter or farmer for a certain number of years (usually 4-7 years) because the planter paid for his/her trip to Virginia |
| slave | a person who is owned by another person |
| General Assembly | the government body in the Virginia colony, it met in 1619 for the first time |
| House of Burgesses | the part of the colonial General Assembly. Members were chosen by everyone who could vote in the colony |
| democracy | a government run by the people it governs |
| cause | the reason why something happends |
| effect | it is what happends as a result of something else |
| Opechancanough | brother of Powhatan, he became chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in 1622 |
| treaty | an agreement-usually between two nations |
| William Berkeley | governor of Virginia in 1675, he refused to send soldiers to fight the Indians |
| rebellion | a fight against your own government |
| Nathaniel Bacon | led the troops in Bacon's Rebellion |
| Bacon's Rebellion | the fight led by Nathaniel Bacon in 1676 against the Virginian governement |
| College of William and Mary | founded in 1693. The first college in Virginia |
| Williamsburg | the capitol of the colony of Virginia, located near the James River |
| import | bring in goods from another country |
| Alexander Spotswood | governor of Virginia, wanted to send settlers to the frontier edge of Virginia |
| frontier | the edge of an area of land where people are just beginning to settle |
| pioneers | the first people to move to a frontier |
