Primary Source
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secondary source
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event
Age of Exploration
a period of European exploration and discovery that lasted from about 1418 to 1620
Chirstopher Columbus
Italian Sailor who accidentally discovered New World while looking for sea route to the Indies. 1492.
Columbian Exchange
An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
The 3 G's
Glory, Gold, God
Pocahontas
a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia
Powhatan
Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia
John Smith
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia
John Rolfe
He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.