Early American Settlements

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Roanoke is referred to as the "lost colony" because:

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All settlers disappeared and no knows what happened to them.

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Settled in 1607, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

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Jamestown

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The chief of the Powhatan's had a daughter named...

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Pocahontas

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Large farms are sometimes called _________.

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plantations

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What group was made up of people who were contracted laborers? These people had contracts to work for a number of years for their employers. They were often treated worse than slaves.

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Indentured Servants

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Both Pilgrims & Puritans left England because they wanted.......

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Religious Freedom

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The agreement Pilgrims made to govern themselves and make fair laws is called the........

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Mayflower Compact

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What is a written document by which a colony is founded and its rights and privileges defined?

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Charter

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The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the

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first elective legislative body in America

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The group of representatives elected from towns and plantations in Virginia: House of ________________

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Burgesses