VS.3 Review Card
Sarah Duncan, Social Studies Specialist
Portsmouth Public Schools
Key Terms
Stock: a share in the ownership of a company
Stockholder: a person who owns stock in a company
and therefore owns a part of the company.
System of Government—1619
Raw Materials: something from which a product can
be manufactured; animal skins, trees and sap
Venture: to take on an activity
Charter: written document that gives an individual or
group of people certain rights
Legislative: having the job of making laws
Virginia General Assembly: includes a Senate and
House of Delegates
Agriculture: raising crops and farm animals
The governor called a meeting of the Virginia Assembly.
The Assembly included two (2) citizen representatives
(burgesses from each of the divisions of Virginia, the
Governor’s Council and the Governor. At the time, only
adult men were considered citizens.
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected body in
America giving settlers the opportunity to control their own
government.
Self-sustaining: to rely on oneself without assistance
from another person; to not rely on another source
It became the General Assembly of Virginia, which continues
to this day.
Importance of the VA Charters
• The charters gave the Virginia Company the
right to establish a settlement in North
America.
• The first charter of the VA Company of
London established companies to begin
colonies in the New World.
• The charters extended English rights to the
colonists.
VS.3 (all)