Vocabulary
Reformation: The Reformation was a movement within Western Christianity in the
sixteenth-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge
to the Roman Catholic Church and papal authority in particular.
Joint-Stock Company: is a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Indentured Servants: were men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of
years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived,
food, clothing, and shelter.
Powhatan: people may refer to any of the Indigenous Algonquian people that are traditionally from eastern Virginia. All of the Powhatan groups descend from the Powhatan Confederacy.
John Smith: was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of
New England, and author. He played an important role in the
establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent
English settlement in America in the early 17th century.
Q&A
Describe English conquest and settlement
They traveled for miles after miles.
Why did the Virginia Colony nearly fail?
because of the laziness of the colonists, the location of Jamestown, and because of the disease and famine. The colonists relied too much on the Indians that when the Indians stopped supporting them, the colony failed.
Who was the Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do?
was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery.
What is the difference between indentured labor and slavery?
The difference between slavery and indentured servitude was that indentured servitude was for a maximum period of time, typically 7 years, and slavery was for life. Slavery also meant that the slave's children were also slaves, whereas the indentured servant's children were free citizens.
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