APUSH-Brinkley Chapter 2 Test Bank Questions with Solved Solutions.

Jamestown - Answer 1st permanent English settlement in North America John Smith - Answer - introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation, diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks Virginia Company - Answer ..., Joint-Stock Company in London that received a charter for land in the new world. Charter guarantees new colonists same rights as people back in England. Tobacco - Answer Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown Headright System - Answer Colonial system of awarding a tract of land, usually fifty acres, to a person who paid for the passage of an indentured servant to the colonies. Indentured Servants - Answer Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years Powhatan Indians - Answer original tribes in the area surrounding Jamestown, gave the settlers food, taught them the ways of the forests and introduced new crops (corn and yams), constantly warring with the settlers Pocahontas - Answer A Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown Royal Colony - Answer A colony ruled by governors appointed by a king Proprietary Colony - Answer A colony founded as a grant of land by the king to an individual or group of individuals Charter Colony - Answer Colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle Bacon's Rebellion - Answer 1676- a young planter led a rebellion against people who were friendly to the Indians. In the process he torched Jamestown, Virginia and was murdered by Indians.