an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
alliance
to develop or be the first to do something
pioneer
a political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
representative government
a representative to the colonial Virginia government
burgess
a French colonist who lived in the lands beyond French settlements as a fur trapper
coureurs de bois
to indicate or be a sign of
signify
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
charter
a waterway through or around North America
northwest passage
a 1676 revolt of Virginia colonists against the colony's government
Bacon's Rebellion