Vocabulary
A document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler.
what is a charter?
Queen of England during the founding of the Roanoke colony.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
Island off the Atlantic coast. Described as “sweet, fruitful and wholesome.”
What is Roanoke Island?
Main Wampanoag sachem (leader) who made a peace agreement with the Pilgrims.
Who was Massasoit?
A person who agreed to work for somebody for a fixed amount of time to pay for the ocean voyage.
What is an Indentured servant?
Two answers. A crop that is sold for money. This man developed a way to make tobacco, one of the first crops sold for money.
What is a cash crop? Who was John Rolfe?
King of Spain during the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Who was King Philip II?
The settlement near the James River in which colonists build houses, a church, and a fort.
What is Jamestown?
Chief of the Powhatan who helped the English settlement at Jamestown.
Who was Chief Powhatan?
Jamestown leader whose method of curing tobacco made it a successful cash crop.
Who was John Rolfe?
An agreement the Pilgrims made before landing in New England to make and obey “just and equal laws.”
what was the Mayflower Compact?
English explorer who started the two unsuccessful colonies at Roanoke Island.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
Two answers. Homeland of the Native Americans, centered by this body of water.
What is Tsenacommacah and the Chesapeake Bay?
Daughter of Chief Powhatan whose marriage to John Rolfe led to the “Peace of Pocahontas.”
Who was Pocahontas?
A Native American leader.
What is a Sachem?
A large fleet of ships
What is an armada?
Leader of the English Colony of Roanoke in 1587.
Who was John White?
Two answers. People in England could purchase these, Shares of ownership in a company. They eventually found land in this region claimed by the English which was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I.
What is a stock and Virginia?
Wampanoag sachem who was among the first to meet the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620.
Who was Samoset?
Governor of the Plymouth Colony beginning in 1621.
Who was William Bradford?
A group that made laws for the Jamestown colony.
What was the House of Burgesses?
English army captain whose strict discipline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive.
Who was John Smith?
Three answers. The Pilgrims landed here after the land was spotted by lookouts from the Mayflower. They eventually settled in this colony, which is located in this region of the now United States.
What are Cape Cod, Plymouth, and New England?
Pawtuxet Native American who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth to survive.
Who was Squanto?
English army captain at Plymouth who helped defend the Pilgrim Colony.
Who was Miles Standish?