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bbms 8th history
bbms8th history
Question | Answer |
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House of Burgesses | Representative Assembly in Virginia - first representative body in English colonies. |
Indentured Servant | Person who trades their labor in order to learn a new trade or pay for their trip to the colonies |
Mayflower Compact | A document drawn up by the Pilgrims before getting off the Mayflower that told how the colony would be governed. |
Puritan | member of the Anglican Church who wanted to "purify" the church by getting rid of all Roman Catholic influence. |
Separatists | those who left the Puritan church to worship on their own. (Pilgrims) |
What happened to the Roanoke Colonies? | The first time everyone left on a passing ship because they were starving. The second time they were missing (presumably killed by Indians) |
Who was Virginia Dare? | The first American born child of English Parents. |
What was a joint-stack company? | sharing the cost of a colony by getting investors to give a small amount of money. |
What was the first Virginai settlement named? | Jamestown (Virginis) named after King James of England |