| A | B |
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| Sir Walter Raleigh | Queen Elizabeth's close advisor who offered to organize the first colony |
| John White | led the second voyage to North America |
| John Smith | Jamestown's elected leader who took charge and helped the colonists survive |
| John Rolfe | raised the first tobacco crop in Virginia; married Pocahontas |
| Chief Powhatan | Leader of the indian tribe the colonists met upon their arrival in North America |
| Pocahontas | daughter of Chief Powhatan; saved John Smith's life, married John Rolfe |
| indentured servents | person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America |
| cash crop | a crop grown for profit |
| merchant | someone who buys, sells, or trades |
| charter | document that permitted colonists to settle on the land claimed by their ruler |
| 2 hardships colonists from the first 2 voyages faced | starvation and long winter |
| English leaders wanted colonies in North America to find | gold and natural resources |
| Dates of the 3 voyages from England to North America | 1585, 1587, and 1606 |
| Virginia Company of London | sponsored the voyage to Virginia |
| Jamestown | colony led by John Smith |
| 5 things the colonists did under the leadership of John Smith | built houses, dug wells for fresh water, planted crops, fished in the river, and began trading with Chief Powhatan |
| Starving Time | the time when John Smith returned to England and the colonists suffered |
| Tobacco | main crop of the Jamestown settlement |
| 2 classes of Jamestown colonists | Gentlemen and Workers |
| Colonists spent most of their time looking for this instead of food | gold |
| The Lost Colony of Roanoke | The colony led by John White that disappeared |
| Gentlemen | Class that was not expected to work with their hands |
