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A wild, empty land that has not been settled
wilderness
100
Another word for businessmen
merchants
100
first English child born in America
Virginia Dare
100
Englishmen who wanted to separate from the Church of England
Separatists
100
First governor of Plymouth
John Carver
200
The powerful ruler of England who supported the first colonies
Queen Elizabeth I
200
An official permit to start settlements (The London Company got this to start Jamestown)
charter
200
English king who wanted to have a successful colony in America
King James I
200
Ship that brought the Pilgrims to America
Mayflower
200
The Pilgrims' minister
Elder Brewster
300
A good friend of the queen who asked for permission to begin a colony
Walter Raleigh
300
combination house, fort, and church
Common House
300
Group of merchants who paid for the founding of Jamestown
London Company
300
People on board the Mayflower who were not Separatists
Strangers
300
Soldier chosen by the Pilgrims to guide them in dealing with the Indians and in building a settlement
Captain Miles Standish
400
First state; part of the New World belonging to England (named after the queen)
Virginia
400
When a group of people makes plans to govern or rule themselves
Self government
400
Three ships which brought the Jamestown settlers to America
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
400
Name given to the Separatists and Strangers who traveled on the Mayflower
Pilgrims
400
Friendly Indians who helped the Plymouth settlers
Samoset, Squanto, Massasoit
500
The colony that disappeared; called "The Lost Colony"
Roanoke
500
A written promise or agreement
Treaty
500
Leader of the Jamestown colony who said, "He that does not work, shall not eat"
Captain John Smith
500
The first written agreement for self-government in America
Mayflower Compact
500
Governor of Plymouth for nearly thirty-six years
William Bradford
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