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| Roanoke Island | In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh and a group of men and boys landed here. |
| Croatoan | John White found CRO carved on a tree and this word on a post. |
| 1607 | A group of 105 English men and boys landed in Jamestown, Virginia on this date. |
| Captain John Smith | Had a work ethic that stated "If you don't work, you don't eat"! |
| "Starving Time" | Jamestown had a very harsh winter called. |
| Tobacco | John Rolfe introduced this as a cash crop. |
| Indentured Servants | People who agreed to work without wages for a period of time for free passage to America. |
| Africans | These people were both Indentured Servants and Slaves. |
| Pocahontas | Powhatan's daughter who saved John Smith's life and brought peace to Jamestown. |
| House of Burgesses | The Virginia Company let colonists start a "representative government" called. |
| Williamsburg | Was the capital of Virginia in 1699. |
| Puritans | Wanted to "Purify" the Church of England from within. |
| Separatists | Wanted to "break away" from the Church of England completely. |
| Pilgrims | Sailed on the Mayflower and wanted to come to America for Religious Freedom . |
| Mayflower Compact | A form of self-government drawn up by the colonists on the Mayflower. |
| Squanto and Samoset | Showed the Pilgrims how to plant corn and where to find fish. |
| John Winthrop | First govenor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Majority Rule | A vote by more that half the population. |
| Roger Williams | This person and Anne Hutchinson were banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| 1620 | Pilgrims landed at Pylmouth, Massachusetts. |
