Vocab Words!
Unit 2- Chapter 5
5th Grade SS
Vocabulary Words
Roanoke Island - An island off the coast of North Carolina , site of England’s first attempt at a permanent settlement in the Americas, known as the “Lost Colony”.
Virginia - An area settled in 1607 in the southeast region.
Jamestown -First permanent English colony in North America, founded in 1607; located in eastern Virginia
Queen Elizabeth I - 1533-1603 Queen of England during the English defeat of the Spanish Armada and the founding of Roanoke, England’s first colony in the Americas.
Walter Raleigh -1552-1618 English explorer and soldier who explored North America in the 1580s and founded the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke in 1587
John White -1540-1593 Leader of the English Colony of Roanoke in 1587
Francis Drake -1540 -1596 First English sea captain to sail around the world in 1577
King James I - 1566-1625 King of England who, in 1606 gave the Virginia Company of London a charter to set up a colony in Virginia.
John Smith -1580-1631 Leader of the Jamestown Colony
Chief Powhatan -1550-1618 Leader of the Powhatan people and father of Pocahontas
Pocahontas -1595-1617 Daughter of Chief Powhatan, she helped establish a time of peace between the Powhatan and the English colonists in Jamestown
John Rolfe -1585-1622 Jamestown colony leader who showed that tobacco could be grown successfully in Virginia
charter -Official document giving a person or group permission to do something
stock - Share in a company
cash crop - Crop grown to be sold for a profit
indentured servant -Person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America
House of Burgesses -Lawmaking assembly in colonial Virginia
Quebec -Capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, the first French Colony in the Americas
St. Lawrence River -River in northeastern North America, forms part of the border between the United States and Canada
New France -Name given to the French colonies in North America, including large part of present-day Canada and the United States
Hudson River -River in eastern New York that flows into the Atlantic Ocean
New Netherlands - Dutch Colony in North America, included parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
New Amsterdam - Settlement founded by the Dutch on Manhattan Island; became present day New York City
Samuel de Champlain -1567-1635 French explorer who founded Quebec, the first permanent settlement in North America
Henry Hudson -1565-1611 English sea captain who explored North America in search of the Northwest passage in the early 1600s
Northwest Passage -Water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
New England - Name given by John Smith to the Northeast region of North America; present-day name for part of the Northeast region of the United States
Plymouth -town in southeastern Massachusetts founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
Massachusetts Bay Colony -Colony founded by the Puritans in New England in 1630.
Boston-Capital and largest city in Massachusetts
William Bradford- 1590-1657 leader of the pilgrims who came to North America on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth colony in 1620.
Samoset- 1590?-1655? Wampanoag man who helped the Pilgrims in 1620.
Squanto- 1590-1622 Pawtuxet Native American who helped English settlers at Plymouth by teaching them key survival skills, such as how to grow corn.
Massasoit- 1580?-1661 Leader of the Wampanoag who signed the peace treaty with the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
John Winthrop- 1588-1649 Puritan leader and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Pilgrim - Person who travels to a new place for religious reasons
Separatist- Group of people who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. Some traveled to North America in search of religious freedom.
persecution- Unjust treatment because of one’s beliefs
Mayflower Compact- Plan of Government written by the pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower
Puritan- Group of people who wanted to “purify” the Church of England. They established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
New England Colonies- Region of the 13 Colonies that was located north of the Middle Colonies.
Middle Colonies- Region of the 13 Colonies, located between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies.
Southern Colonies- Southernmost region of the 13 colonies.
Roger Williams- 1604?-1683 Puritan minister who founded Rhode Island as a place of religious freedom in 1636
Anne Hutchinson- 1591-1643 Puritan leader banished from Massachusetts for her religious views.
Thomas Hooker- 1586-1647 Puritan minister who founded the colony of Connecticut.
William Penn- 1644- 1718 Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681
James Oglethorpe - 1696-1785 English leader who founded the colony of Georgia as a place where debtors from England could begin new lives.
Tomochichi - 1650-1739 Yamacraw chief who agreed to give James Oglethorpe land to found the new colony of Georgia.
dissenter -Person who views differ from those of his or her leaders.
proprietor - owner
debtor - Person who owes money