Early English Colonization and Reformation

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Martin Luther

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Began the Protestant Reformation, sharply dividing Christians in Europe.

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Queen Elizabeth

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Gave permission to Sir Walter Raleigh to start a colony in America (Roanoke).

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Queen Elizabeth's Goals

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1. Religious and Political Unity 2. Promote Manufacturing 3. Make England a major sea power.

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Sir Francis Drake

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The first English Sea Captain to sail around the world in 1580.

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Joint Stock Company

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People who pool their money together to form a business or company.

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Indentured Servitude

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Working in order to pay money that you owe.

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Jamestown

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The first permanent English settlement in North America.

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Starving Time

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Disease and lack of food killed many Jamestown settlers.

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Captain John Smith

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Took control of the Jamestown settlement; if not for him, all of the settlers would have died.

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House of Burgesses

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The first representative government in the English Colonies.