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APUSH Chapter 3 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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History
10th Grade
08/27/2010

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Captain John Smith
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A man that traveled to America via the Virginia Company and documented his life. His documentations are very controversial between historians.
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Powhatan
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The name of the Indian tribe in Virginia that Smith became associated with.
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Pocahontas
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A female member of the Powhatan tribe that Smith fell in love with and, according to him, was saved by.
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John Rolfe
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Settler of Virginia that was the first man to successfully cultivate tobacco from the U.S.
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James 1
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King of England and Scotland, 1567-1625.
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William Berkeley
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Governor of Virginia, appointed by the King of England.
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Member of the Virginia Colony that led a rebellion in 1674.
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Pueblo Indians
Definition
Indian tribes living in New Mexico and Arizona. Lived very compact and were similar in culture.
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Charles II
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1649-1685.
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Virginia Company
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company that settled colonists in Virginia in exchange for goods (mercantilism).
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Colonization
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Explorers that settle in a specific area.
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Jamestown
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First permanent English settlement in America (Virginia).
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Royal Colony
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rulers that govern a settlement and are appointed by the Monarch of that settlement. Monarch usually lives in different country.
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House of Burgesses
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legislative (law maker) assembly of the Virginia Colony.
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Tobacco
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Main economic crop grown in the Virginia Colony. Caused use of more slaves.
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Headright system
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Land was granted to new settlers as long as transportation could be paid for, or new settler was willing to be an indentured servant to pay off debts.
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Indentured servants
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People that paid off debts by slave labor rather than money.
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Yeoman farmers
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A farmer with a small plot of land that works only to support his family
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Navigation Acts
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Series of laws that restricted foreign trade and the use of foreign shipping.
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Mercantilism
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The relationship between a mother country and it's new land in which the mother country allows settlers on the new land in exchange for the raw goods found on the new land.
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Definition
Rebellion in the Virginia Colony that protested the Indian raids.
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