| A | B |
| pioneer | a person who leads the way into land he or she does not know |
| ancient times | times that happened very long ago |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| colony | a place that is ruled by another country |
| explorer | a person who travels to a new place to learn about it |
| history | the story of the past |
| immigrant | a person who leaves one country to live in another country |
| independence | to be free from other people or places |
| modern times | times that are happening now, or times that happened a short while ago |
| Native Americans | the first people to live in America |
| President | the leader of our country |
| slavery | one person forcing another person to work without pay or freedom |
| sorting | putting things that are alike into groups |
| source | something that gives information |
| time line | a line that shows the order in which things happen |
| tradition | a special way of doing something that is passed down over time |