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
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans
Gold
gold
God
The supreme being who created all things out of love
Glory
great honor or praise given by others; great beauty
pocahontas
chief powhatan's daughter married john rolfe
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
married Pocahontas and started the planting of tobacco in Jamestown