Early Settlement Vocabulary

 Manteo – Native American who sailed back to England with John White, later named Lord of Roanoke by the Queen of England.  Wanchese – Native American who sailed back to England with John White and later turned on the Roanoke colonists  Lost Colony – the colony at Roanoke that vanished without a trace.

Early Settlement Vocabulary  John White – Governor of the second Roanoke colony; grandfather of Virginia Dare  Spanish Armada – the Spanish fleet that attacked England in the 1580s  Virginia Dare – first English child born in America  Sir Francis Drake – English sea captain that rescued the settlers from the first Roanoke colony

Early Settlement Vocabulary  Charter – a written contract, issued by a government or other authority, giving the holder the right to establish a colony, corporation or other organization  John Smith – English explorer that led the Jamestown colony for a period of time  Indentured servant – an individual that works for a specified period of time without wages in exchange for transportation to the American colonies.

Early American Settlement  John Rolfe – established tobacco as a means of making money for the Jamestown colony and married Pocahontas  House of Burgesses – the legislature in Virginia founded in 1619 that served as an early step in establishing a representative government in America

Early Settlement Vocabulary  Virginia Company of London – joint- stock company that funded the Jamestown colony.  Starving time – a period of time during which most of the colonists at Jamestown starved.