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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
More stuff that I have to learn.
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History
8th Grade
10/31/2008

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Francis Drake

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English sea captain who raeded Spanish ships and circled the globe

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Wingina
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son of the cheif of Roanoke, who disliked the Europeans
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colonies
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overseas settlement ruled by the home country
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charter
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legal document that gives permission to explore, settle, and govern land

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Walter Raleigh
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founder of the first Elnglish colony in North America, at Roanoke Island
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Amadas and Barlowe
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captians of the the two-ship fleet that sailed from Plymouth on April 27,1584
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Manteo and Wanchese
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Native Americans who accompanied explorers back to England

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Sir Richard Grenville
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leader of the first expedition to establish an English colony along the North Corlina coast

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speculation
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fate is the source of much mystery
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Simon Fernandes
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Piloted the April 1585--guitded through shallow waters

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Thomas Harriot
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scientist on the April 1585 fleet

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John White
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artist on the April 1585 fleet
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Croatoan
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people who lived in the area, where the John White colony
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Lord of Roanoke
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August 13, Manteo was christend and, follwoing Raleigh's instructions
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Virginia Dare
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the first European child born in the New World
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