| A | B |
|---|
| charter | a document that lets someone settle land |
| armada | a large fleet of ships |
| Northwest Passage | a water route thru North America to Asia |
| Profit | money remaining after costs of a business have been paid |
| Queen Elizabeth I | gave Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to settle in North America; who Virginia wa named after |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | founded the 1st colony & was governor of Roanoke Island |
| John White | the governor of the 2nd Roanoke colony |
| King Phillip II | Spanish King who wanted to punich England; sent the spanish armada to attacj England |
| Henry Hudson | sailed for Netherlands; explored the North Atlantic Coast in 1609; looking for the NW Passage |
| John Cabot | 1497; Italian explored, sailed for England; reached Newfoundland |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | 1524; italian sailed for France; explored outer banks of North Carolina |
| Jacques Cartier | french; reached Newfoundland in 1534 |
| Samuel de Champlian | french; found Port Royal in 1604 & took colonists to Quebec in 1608 |
| stock | shares of ownership |
| cash crop | a crop that is sold for money |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in order to pay for the ocean trip to AMerica |
| House of Burgesses | made laws for Virginia; started in 1619 |
| Mayflower Compact | agreement the Pilgrims made before landing in New England o make & obey just & equal laws |
| Sachem | leader of cheif for Native America |
| Chief Powhatan | ruled hundreds of villages in Tsenacomacoh; was called Wahunsonacock |
| John Smith | English Army captain who was very strict & helped Jamestown colony survive |
| Pocahontas | chief's daughter; married John Rolfe |
| John Rolfe | discovered tobacco would grow well in Virginia & sold itr for cash |
| Openchancanough | brother of Cheif Powhatan; attacked the colonists - 350 died |
| Massosoit | sachem of the Wampanoag in the early 1600's - ruled over 30 communities |
| Squanto | a pawtuxet who helped the pilgrims survive |
| Samoset | knew how to speak a little bit of English & helped them survive |
| William Bradford | governor of the Plymouth colony; wrote a book about life in the Plymouth colony |
| Miles Standish | helped the Pilgrms learn to defend Plymouth; under his command the pilgrim men paraded & fired guns in celebration |
