Ch 3: The Southern Colonies In The 17th Century Flashcards
1
Q
Virginia Company
A
Joint stock company organized by London investors in 1606
Land granted from King James I to establish English colonies in North American
Royal license to poach on both Spanish claims and the chiefdom of Powhatan
2
Q
Algonquian Indians
A
People who inhabited the coastal plain of present day Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay, when English colonists first settled the region
