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RGH History Chapter 7
United States History
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01/14/2009

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Squanto
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Pawtuxet Native American who helped the Pilgrims at Plymoth to survive.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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An english explorer, historian and soldier who started two unsuccesful colonies on Roanoke Island.
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John White
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The leader of the English colony on Roanoke Island. The colony is also known as the Lost Colony.
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Powhatan
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A native american tribe that gave the Jamestown colony the Peace of Pocahontas
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John Rolfe
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The Jamestown leader whose method of curing tobacco made it a sucessful cash crop. He also married Pocahontas.
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Pocahontas
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The daughter of Chief Powhatan whose marriage to John Rolfe led to the Peace of Pocahontas.
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Henry Hudson
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An english explorer who searched for the Northwest passage through North America beginning in 1609.
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John Smith
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An english army captian whose strict discipline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive.
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Wampanoag
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A Native American tribe who helped the pilgrims grow crops and hunt. 90 Wampanog attended the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
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Mayflower Compact
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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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indentured servant
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A person who agrees to work for someone in colonial America for a fixed amount of time in order to pay for the ocean voyage.
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colony
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a settlement far away from the country that rules it.
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charter
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an offical document giving a person permission to do something such as settle in an area.
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armada
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A large fleet of ships especially war ships.
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cash crop
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a crop that is grown to be sold for profit.
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fact
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a statement that can be check and proved true.
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opinion
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a personal view or belief.
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How did the defeat of the Armada affect Spain and England
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada affected England
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How did the defeat of the armada affect Spain and England?
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The defeat of the spanish armada boosted English confidnece and weakened Spain.
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What was a result of the search for the Northwest Passage?
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The results of the search were trading between the Dutch and Native Americans and the discovery of the Hudson River.
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