Early American Colonies

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the name of Squanto's tribe; they were a confederacy

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Wampanoag

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This was the lower house of colonial Virginia.

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House of Burgesses

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A crop grown for its value.

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Cash crop

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Powhatan chief's daughter, who saved John Smith.

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Pocahontas

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An English joint-stock company established by King James

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Virginia Company of London

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English protestants group of the 16th Century; they were reformed from the Church of England

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Puritans

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A tribe member of the Wampanoag, who taught the English farming & translated for them.

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Squanto

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Contract of the pilgrims on the ship; they agreed to select representatives & make their own laws.

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Mayflower Compact

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An English explorer, who helped form the colony of Jamestown, Virginia; he was saved by Pocahontas.

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John Smith

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A worker in a system of unfree labor; bound by a signed or forced contract.

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Indentured Servant