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11th Grade
09/27/2008

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ROANOKE
Definition
ISLAND COLONY FOUNDED BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH THAT MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED IN THE 1580'S
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SPANISH ARMADA
Definition
NAVAL INVADERS DEFEATED BY ENGLISH "SEA DOGS" IN 1588.
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1 & 2 ANGLO-POWHATTAN WAR
Definition
NAME OF TWO WARS, FOUGHT IN 1614 AND 1644, BETWEEN THE ENGLISH IN JAMESTOWN AMD THE NEARBY INDIAN LEADER.
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BARBADOS SLAVE CODE
Definition
THE HARSH SYSTEM OF BARBADOS LAWS GOVERNING AFRICAN LABOR OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1696.
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CHARTER
Definition
ROYAL DOCUMENT GRANTING A SPECIFIED GROUP THE RIGHT TO FORM A COLONY AND GUARANTEEING SETTLERS THEIR RIGHTS AS ENGLISH CITIZENS
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INDENTURED SERVENT
Definition
PENNILESS PEOPLE OBLIGATED TO FORCED LABOR FOR A FIXED NUMBER OF YEARS, OFTEN IN EXCHANGE FOR PASSAGE TO THE NEW WORLD OR OTHER BENEFITS
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IROQUOIS
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POWERFUL INDIAN CONFEDERATION OF NEW YORK AND GREAT LAKES AREA COMPROMISED OF SEVERAL PEOPLE.
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SQUATTERS
Definition
POOR FARMERS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ELSEWHERE WHO OCCUPIED LAND AND RAISED CROPS WITHOUT GAINING LEGAL TITLE TO THE SOIL.
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ROYAL
Definition
TERM FOR COLONY UNDER DIRECT CONTROL OF THE ENGLISH CROWN.
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RICE
Definition
THE PRIMARY PLANTATION CROP IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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TOBACOO
Definition
THE PRIMARY STAPLE CROP OF EARLY VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND NORTH CAROLINA.
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POWHATAN
Definition
INDIAN LEADER WHO RULED TRIBES IN THE JAMES RIVER AREA OF VIRGINIA.
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RALEIGH AND GILBERT
Definition
ELIZABETHAN COURTIERS WHO FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPS TO FOUND NEW WORLD COLONIES.
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SMITH AND ROLFE
Definition
LEADERS WHO RESCUED JAMESTOWN COLONISTS FROM THE "STARVING TIME".
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MARYLAND
Definition
FOUNDED AS A HAVEN FOR ROMAN CATHOLICS.
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VIRGINIA
Definition
COLONY THAT ESTABLISHED A HOUSE OF BURGESSES IN 1619.
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LORD DE LA WARR
Definition
HARSH MILITARY GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA WHO EMPLOYED "IRISH TACTICS" AGAINST THE INDIANS.
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LORD BALTIMORE
Definition
THE CATHOLIC ARISTOCRAT WHO SOUGHT TO BILD A SANCTUARY FOR HIS FELLOW BELIEVERS.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Definition
BRITISH WEST INDIAN SUGAR COLONIES WHERE LARGE-SCALE PLANTATIONS AND SLAVERY TOOK ROOT.
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NORTH CAROLINA
Definition
COLONY THAT TURNED TO DESEASE-RESISTANT AFRICAN SLAVES FOR LABOR IN ITS EXTENSIVE RICE PLANTATIONS.
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GEORGIA
Definition
COLONY THAT WAS CALLED "A VALE OF HUMILITY BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS OF CONCEIT"
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JAMES OGLETHORPE
Definition
PHILANTHROPIC SOLDIER-STATESMAN WHO FOUNDED THE GEORGIA COLONY.
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ELIZABETH I
Definition
THE UNMARRIED RULER WHO LED ENGLAND TO NATIONAL GLORY.
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