a democracy in which elected or appointed representatives, not the people, vote on government policy and initiatives
a colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number or years
the first colony in the United States; set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia
the legislative body of colonial Virginia’s General Assembly. Established in 1619, it is considered an early model for representative democracy in America
American Indian princess, she saved the life of John Smith when he was captured and sentenced to death by the Powhatan. She was later taken prisoner by the English, converted to Christianity, and married colonist John Rolfe.
laws passed in the colonies to control slaves
a Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime; the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America
African American abolitionist; he was an enslaved African who was eventually freed and became a leader of the abolitionist movement and writer of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
a person who lives in or helps to start a colony
a democracy in which elected or appointed representatives, not the people, vote on government policy and initiatives