a charter Flashcards
a charter
a paper that gives a person the right to form a colony
joint stock company
nuestors buy ownership in a company, and hopes of making a profit
head right
50 acres of land, was given to the settlers who paid their way into the colony
burgess
represents for a colony they helped make laws,(they were males)
what did queen Elizabeth give sir wlter raleigh?
she gave him the right to claim land in north america… also known as a charter
who did sir raleigh send to roanhole and when
he sent the settlers twice to roanole in 1585&1587
in 1585 who did they never see again
the original settlers
what group of settlers establish the colony of roanoke in virginia and when
the second group ;and in 1587
what did king james the first do
he gave Virginia a charter to start a colony and so they named it jamestown
when was the starving years
1609-1610
who forced the settlers to work during 1609-1610 the starving years
john smith
who married pocohantas
john rolfe
what helped james town survive
the money from the cropped tobbacco
how many acres did v.a give james town..
50
the males who owned land elected rep house of burgess and…
the burgess were the first leg in N america
