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Walter Raleigh
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Founded the Roanoke colony, which failed, dubbed "Lost Colony"
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Enclosure
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Fencing in land for farming.
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Primogeniture
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1st born son inherits all of his father's land.
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Joint-stock company
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People invest in the company, hoping to make a buck on the company's success (corporation).
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Virginia Company
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Joint-stock company, founded Virginia Colony (Jamestown) in 1607.
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Captain John Smith
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Became leader of Jamestown colony, whipped colonists into shape.
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Pocohontas
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Daughter of Powhatan, "saved" Captain John Smith to promote peaceful relations with Jamestown colonists. Married John Rolfe.
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Lord De La Warr
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Succeeded Captain John Smith, brought to Jamestown to alleviate suffering.
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First Anglo-Powhatan War
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Jamestown colonists raided Powhatan's food supplies, relations deteriorated. Ended in 1614 with marriage of Pocohontas to John Rolfe.
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John Rolfe
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Father of tobacco in the Virginia colony. Married Pocohontas.
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War
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1644-1646, banished Chesapeake Indians from ancestral lands.
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Tobacco
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"Cash Crop"-no food value. Virginia colony's moneymaker.
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Act of Toleration
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Religious toleration to Christians, death to non-believers in Jesus Christ.
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Charles II
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Restored to throne during English Restoration, renews interest in colonization.
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James Ogelthorpe
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Founded Georgia colony in 1733
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