Unit 1 Review: The American Colonies

joint-stock companies

• Workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America

• Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit

• The Virginia Company’s system in which settlers and the family members who came with them received 50 acres of land

• A colony under the direct control of a monarch

headright system

• Workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America

• Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit

• The Virginia Company’s system in which settlers and the family members who came with them received 50 acres of land

• A colony under the direct control of a monarch

royal colony

• Workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America

• Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit

• The Virginia Company’s system in which settlers and the family members who came with them received 50 acres of land

• A colony under the direct control of a monarch

indentured servants

• Workers who exchanged their labor for help getting started in America

• Companies in which investors pooled their wealth with the hope of yielding a profit

• The Virginia Company’s system in which settlers and the family members who came with them received 50 acres of land

• A colony under the direct control of a monarch

John Smith

• Leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Planter who led a rebellion against the governor of the Virginia Colony

• first leader of Jamestown

• Puritan dissenter who set up a new colony in Rhode Island

Roger Williams

• Leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Planter who led a rebellion against the governor of the Virginia Colony

• first leader of Jamestown

• Puritan dissenter who set up a new colony in Rhode Island

John Winthrop

• Leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Planter who led a rebellion against the governor of the Virginia Colony

• first leader of Jamestown

• Puritan dissenter who set up a new colony in Rhode Island

Nathaniel Bacon

• Leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Planter who led a rebellion against the governor of the Virginia Colony

• first leader of Jamestown

• Puritan dissenter who set up a new colony in Rhode Island

Powhatan

• Native Americans who lived in the area that became Jamestown

• Members of a religious group known for its strict beliefs

• Members of a religious group known for tolerance

• Native American chief known as King Philip who fought against English colonists in the King Philip’s War

Metacom

• Native Americans who lived in the area that became Jamestown

• Members of a religious group known for its strict beliefs

• Members of a religious group known for tolerance

• Native American chief known as King Philip who fought against English colonists in the King Philip’s War