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Chapter 3 Section 1. Colonial America 1587-1770. Jamestown became the first successfully established English colony in North America. Early English Settlements.
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Chapter 3Section 1 Colonial America 1587-1770
Jamestown became the first successfully established English colony in North America
1619- A Dutch ship brings 20 Africans who were sold to Jamestown, Virginia planters to labor in the tobacco fields. The may have come as servants rather than slaves. Until 1640 some African laborers in Jamestown were free and even owned property.
Chapter 3, Section 1 Vocabulary • Charter: The right to organize settlements in an area. • Joint-stock company: Investors bought stock, or part ownership, in the company in return for a share of future profits. • Burgesses: Representatives to an assembly that had the right to make local laws for the colony.