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An official document giving permission to do something, such as settle an area |
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A large fleet of ships, especially warships |
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A crop that is sold for profit |
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A person who bounds himself to serve someone for a certain period of time (5-7 years) in exchange for something |
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The law making body of colonial Virginia, established in Jamestown in 1619 |
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A water route believed to flow through North America that explores searched for from the 1500's to 1700's |
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The money remaining after the costs of a business have been paid |
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A land route between bodies of water |
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John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano, and Henry Hudson all looked for ________ |
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Cabot's discovery of the Grand Banks was important because _____________ |
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The Grand Banks was rich in fish |
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This French geographer/explorer founded a trading post called Quebec. |
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Champlain became friends with the __________ |
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Champlain realized that _________ needed friendly Native Americans as trading partners. |
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The Huron asked Champlain for help against their rivals, the ______. |
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The Huron would help the French ________ |
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increase their fur trading business. |
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The Huron remained friends with the French for many years. What is another word for friendly nations? |
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________ advised Queen Elizabeth of England to start a colony in North America |
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The colony of _______ was built on an island off the coast of North Carolina in 1585. |
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John White was delayed in his return to Roanoke with supplies because __________. |
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war broke out between England and Spain. |
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Although it was unsuccessful, this was the first English colony in North America. |
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In 1607 the Virginia Company sent a group of wealthy men and boys to Virginia to start a settlement which they named _________. |
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Captain John Smith kept the colonists alive by making a rule:________. |
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"He that will not work shall not eat." |
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An important cash crop in Jamestown was _______________. |
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List three factors that helped the Virgina colony grow. |
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1. Tobacco farms made settlers rich
2. Women were sent to the colony, making it a place for families
3. the House of Burgesses made laws for the colony |
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an agreement the Pilgrims made before landing in New England to make and obey 'Just and equal laws' |
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A Native American Chief in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Lakes regions |
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Why did the Pilgrims leave England? |
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They wanted to worship in peace. |
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The Pilgrims set sail for the Virginia colony, but they landed in _____________. |
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List three ways that the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive. |
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1. how to planted corn
2. how to use fish as fertilizer
3. how to trap rabbits, deer, and other wild animals |
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The only thing left of the colony of Roanoke when John White returned was the word ___________ carved in a tree. |
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A danger that the colonists faced in Jamestown was _______________. |
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_______ was sent to protect the colonists of Jamestown who preferred searching for gold instead of planting crops. |
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