Jamestown (Active Classroom)

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A business arrangement in which investors buy shares of the company and derive profits in proportion to the amount of their shares

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joint-stock company

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Powhatan

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Chief of the Powhatan natives

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A legal document by the government granting rights

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Charter

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A laborer under contract to work for an employer for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to a new country or colony

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Indentured Servants

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A legal declaration of an inability to pay debts

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Bankruptcy

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Alliance

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An agreement between two or more groups to obtain common goals

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Money paid for work, usually paid by the hour, day, week, or month

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wage

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A person who holds stock in a company, thus sharing in the profit or loss of the company

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Shareholders

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Gentleman

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A man of good family

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A joint stock company for the Virginia Colony in America

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The Virginia Company