Vocabulary
sanctuary
What is a place that is protected from the law; a refuge
a neutral area that separates rival nations or factions
What is buffer zone
amend
to change or add to a law or document
Today's state where the colonists landed & built their colony
What is North Carolina
Today's state where the Jamestown colony settled
What is Virginia
conscience
What is a sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
compromise
What is when each side in a disagreement gives up some of what they want to reach
a religious community that worships together
What is a congregation
John White
What is the Leader of the Lost Colonists
Leader of the Jamestown colony
Who is John Smith
a group of states joined together by a formal agreement.
confederation
inhumane
What is cruel, unacceptable
gentleman class,
What is a social group made up of low-level noblemen who own land and do not need to work for a living
First English child born in the New World
Who is Virginia Dare
How many of the 104 colonists were left after the winter of 1607
What is 38
having the power to carry out and enforce laws
What is executive
to limit or take away some of the rights of others
What is infringe
a system in which a worker agrees to work for an employer for a certain amount of time in exchange for training or payment in land or goods at the end
What is indentured servitude
The number of colonists that were "lost"
What is 117
Pocahontas married him in the hopes of improving the relationship between the colonists & the Powhatan's.
Who is John Rolfe
federal
What is relating to a system of government in which the national government shares power with other
“bicameral system” (phrase)
What is a type of organization in which two related parts work together
legislative
What is having the power to make laws
The original or true name given to the Lost Colony
What is the Roanoke Colony
The heads of families who brought at least one settler from England to Jamestown were guaranteed 50 acres of land.
What is the Headright system