1. Chapter 4 Vocabulary

2. A WRITTEN LIST OF RIGHTS GRANTED BY A GOVERNMENT OR RULER.
CHARTER
A WRITTEN LIST OF RIGHTS GRANTED BY A GOVERNMENT OR RULER.

3. A group that makes rules and decisions.
COUNCIL
A group that makes rules and decisions.

4. A land that is settled far from the country that governs it.
COLONY
A land that is settled far from the country that governs it.

5. VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON
A group of wealthy people that formed a company to start a new colony, the colony of Virginia.

6. JAMES I
England’s new king that granted a charter to the Virginia Company in June 1606.

7. CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT
Commanded the Virginia Company's voyage to Jamestown in 1606.

8. JAMESTOWN
The first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607 on the James River, named James Fort in honor of King James
*this site was selected because they thought it could easily be defended,had plenty of fresh water, and no Powhatan appeared to be using the land.

9. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
Soldier, mapmaker, adventurer, and writer. A Virginia Council member, who was also an experienced soldier. He taught the colonists how to protect and provide for themselves.