| A | B |
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| Francis Drake | sent through the Straits of Magellan by the Queen of England to claim land and riches. |
| pirate | The Spanish considered Drake to be this because he stole gold and silver from their ships |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | the queen gave him land and permssion to start a new colony which he called Roanoke Island. |
| Virginia Dare | the first English child born in the Americas |
| Croatoan | The only clue to the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke |
| joint-stock company | a company in which the people give money to share costs. Each person who gives money becomes a part owner of the company |
| Virginia Company of London | Joint-stock company that sent a group of settlers to Jamestown to create a settlement |
| John Smith | Made the leader of Jamestown and saved the colony with a law that said, "He that will not work, shall not eat." |
| tobacco | crop planted by John Rolfe that saved the Jamestown colony because it started trade |
| African Slaves | A Dutch ship brought the first of these to Jamestown in 1619. |
| House of Burgesses | The lawmaking assembly of Jamestown |
| Pilgrims | Separatists who left England to worship God in their own way |
| Mayflower Compact | (1) The First set of laws in the New World (2) Signers agreed to make just and equal laws (3) Established the idea of self-governing |
| Samuel de Champlain | French explorer who started the town of Quebec in New France in 1608. He was called the Father of New France. |
| French Exploration | Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle explored areas of Canada and the United States and claimed land for France in both. |
| Henry Hudson | Explored areound the Hudson River in New York State and claimed the land for the Netherlands. |
