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| northwest passage | a shorter waterway through or around North America to Asia |
| Jacquest Cartier | French sailor who sailed up the St. Lawrence River in search of the northwest passage |
| Henry Hudson | explored the Hudson Bay for England and the ast coast of N.A. and the Hudson River for the Dutch in search of the northwest passage |
| Protestant Reformation | a relivious movement brought by supporters of Martin Luther who challend the Catholic Church and believed that the only way to be saved was through faith in God |
| Samuel de Cmaplian | explored the St. Lawrence River valley and founded first permanent French settlements; founded Quebec |
| coureurs de bois | French colonists/traders who lived & worked in the woods ("runners of teh woods") |
| Catholic missionaries | came to N.A. and traveled w/ fur traders in effort to convert Native Americans to Christianity |
| Jacquest Marquette/Louis Joliet | explored the Mississippi River |
| Robert de La Salle | explored Great Lakes; reached mouth of Miss. River; named region La. |
| Peter Minuit | led Dutch settlers to mouth of Hudson River; bought Manhattan Island and called it New Amsterdam |
| New Netherland | Duthc colony established on Manhattan Island |
| Algonquin | N.A. Indians who aided the french in their rivalry w/ the Dutch over furs |
| Iroquois | N.A. Indians who aided the Dutch in their rivalry w/ French over furs |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | English adventurer supported by Queen Eliz. who brought first colonists to Roanoke Island off coast of N.C. |
| Virginia Dare | first English child born in N.A. |
| charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| Jamestown | established by English colonists along James River by charter granted by King James I |
| John Smith | 27 yr. old soldier/explorer who saved the colonists in Jamestown by forcing them to work |
| Powhatan | the most powerful Indian chief in the Jamestown area who agreed to sell colonists corn |
| Pocahontas | dtr. of Powhatan who married English colonist John Rolfe |
| Tobacco | the crop which saved the floundering economy of Jamestown in 1612 |
| Burgesses | representatived elected my male settlers who, together w/ the governor, made laws for the colony |
| House of Burgesses | the assembly of the burgesses elected by male settlers |
| representative government | one in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them - 1st in English colonies - House of Burgesses |
| Magna Carter | signed by King John and stated that king could not raise taxes w/o consulting the Great Council of nobles & church leaders; est'd idea that English monarchs had to obey the laws of the land |
| Parliament | the representative assembly first known as the Great Council; king/queen had to consult regarding money matters |
| House of Lords | nobles who served in Parliament |
| House of Commons | elected representatives who served in Parliament |
| Pilgrims | band of Englsh settlers called Separatists who sailed for N.A. seeking religious freedom |
| Mayflower | ship bringing English Pilgrims to Mass. in 1620 |
| Mayflower Compact | rules established by the Pilgrims for their new governement in Plymouth Mass. |
| Squanto | a Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony |
| Thanksgiving | the day set aside each year by the ealry Pilgrims to celebrate their first harvest season in the new world |
