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| Admiral of New England was an English explorer, soldier and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown. Associated with the legend of Pocahontas and other Indian relations before they turned violent. |
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| Virginian Indian chief, father of Pocahontas. Tribe was located in area where the English settled, Algonquian. |
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| Daughter of Powhatan, had an affair with John Smith. Eventually converted to Christianity and went to England and married John Rolfe. |
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| An English settler, discovered tobacco and married Pocahontas |
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| King of England that allowed for private companies to settle in the New World. Specifically: the Virginia Company in Jamestown |
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| Virginia governor. Wanted to establish friendlier relations with natives even though Indians attacked them. Declared Bacon was a rebel. More Bacon supporters than those of Berkeley. |
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| A wealthy, educated Planter who led an uprising when Berkeley decided to not retaliate against attacks from the Indians. |
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| South-Western United States. Agriculture and trade based economy. |
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| A joint stock company organized by English investors that was established by James I. 6 million acres in the New World. Hoped to gain both economically and politically. |
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| The process by which a society or country gains control over different territory, primarily through settlement. |
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| First English settlement in N. America established by the Virginia Company. |
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| A colony directed by a royal government vs. by private investors (e.g. Virginia Company). 1624 James I revoked charter and transformed the settlement. |
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| Political representatives in colonial Virginia: first established by the Virginia Company. |
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| A cash crop for the British that grew well in Virginia and resulted in a lot of revenue. |
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| Headright: a legal grant of land to settlers, for example: upon arrival at Jamestown, everyone (except slaves) got 50 acres of land. |
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| Got loans from people and worked for them in return, became free after 5-7 years of servitude. |
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| Referred to a freeman that possessed a small portion of land. Small prosperous farmer. Hard workers. |
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| Restricted trade between England and its colonies in the New World. |
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| Economic theory. Explicit trade between England and its colonies: Navigation Acts |
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| Small planters got upset with Berkeley's laws to let Indian attacks slide because they wanted the goods the Indians had to offer. |
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