A | B |
Moravians | religious group that came to America to escape war and repression |
Manteo | Indian from Roanoke who traveled to England |
Indentured servant | person who works to pay off a debt |
Yeoman farmer | small scale farmer (worked on a small farm) |
Lords Prorietor | Englishmen who did not want to live in the Carolinas but wanted to profit from those who did |
Apprentice | an assistant who works for free to learn the job or trade |
Black Beard | NC pirate (Arthur Treach)aka Blackbeard |
Quaker | religious group- pacifist (non-violent) |
Sir Walter Raleigh | English explorer who landed on the NC coast (The Lost Colony) |
Tuscarora | Indian tribe from NC; most were killed; others moved to NY |
Roanoke | the "lost colony" Sir Walter Raleigh established in NC |
Jamestown | first permanent English colony in American (VA) |
Wachovia | Indian word- means "meadow valley" |
Great Wagon Road | road from Penn to Ga by 1730's |
Mercantilism | free trade; I sell, you buy; limited amount of goods available |