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Chapter 6 Vocabulary/Test Review

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settlementssmall communities that are started in a new place.
RoanokeThe name of the island where the first English settlement was started in North America in 1587.
JamestownThe name of the second English settlement, or new community, in North America that was started in 1607 in present-day Virginia.
PlymouthA town started in 1620 by early English settlers, called Pilgrims.
colonistsPeople who settle in colonies.
tobaccoA plant whose leaves are dried and turned into material for smoking ir sniffing, or chewing.
The first group that went to Roanoke had to return home becausethey ran short of supplies.
Captain John White couldn't return to Roanoke when he wanted to becausethere was a war with Spain and his ship could not leave.
When John White finally made it to Roanoke he founda ruined fort, a carving that read Croatoan, and no sign of settlers.
Jamestown faced problems due to the place it was built becauseit was built on a marsh and had dirty water, mosquitoes, and bad land for farming.
Jamestown easily survived as a settlement becauseN. Americans helped the settlers, John Smith was a strong leader, and the colony began raising tobacco
Virginia was considered more democratic than England because they had a group of representatives called theHouse of Burgessess.
The Mayflower Compact wasa plan of government the Pilgrims drew up.
The first winter was hard for the Pilgrims becausethey landed too late to plant crops.
Roanoke was known as theLost Colony.
Jamestown was thefirst successful English settlement.
People of Plymouth left England seekingFreedom of Religion.
In Jamestown during the starving period, settlers atedogs and horses.
Powhatan and Pocahontas were associated with the settlement ofJamestown.


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