Question: London Company

Answer: also known as the VA Company. Sponsored the creation of Jamestown.

Question: “Starving Time”

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Question: House of Burgesses

Answer: (1619) It was the first elected legislative assembly in the new world and was established in the colony of Virginia. It was set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legislative acts; it set a precedent for future parliaments to be established

Question: Lord Baltimore

Answer: received a charter in 1632 for parts of what are now PA, DE, VA and MD. He and his heirs were to hold their province as “true and absolute lords and proprietaries”

Question: Headright System

Answer: 50 acre grants of land which new settlers could acquire in a number of ways. It encouraged family groups to migrate together, since the more family members traveled to America, the larger the land holding the family would receive and it also hoped to bring new laborers to America.