| A | B |
| Boston Massacre | Riot that broke out in Boston and killed many colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists that disquised themselves as mowhawks and dumped tea over board of ships |
| Paul Revere | made a midnight ride while saying the british are coming the british are coming |
| Atahualpa | Incan ruler |
| Plantation | Large farms that usually produce only one crop to be sold |
| Hernando De Soto | Went on search of the seven cites |
| New Amsterdam | Settle by Dutch; located on Manhattan island |
| Henry Hudson | English sailor who decided to turn around and sail west across the Atlantic Ocean |
| James River | Was named after King James of England |
| Hessians | German soldiers hired by the british |
| Pilgrims | A term for travelers with a religous goal |
| William Bradford | Second Govener of Plymouth |
| Thanksgiving | Celebration of a bountiful harvest shared by the pilgrims and Native americans |
| Puritians | Most stayed in the Angelican Church |
| Separtists | People who worship themselves |
| John Winthrop | Well To do laywer and landowner |
| Commenwealth | Self -governing unit |
| Thomas Hooker | Minister who lead his congergation from Mass. to Conneticut |
| Proprietor | Owner of the colony of New York |
| William Penn | Founded Pennslyvania |
| Cash Crops | Food crops grown to be sold |
| Apprentice | Trainee to a master craft worker |
| Frontier | Thinly settled area on the outer limits of the colonies |
| Slave Codes | Laws that denied enslaved africans most of their rights |
| Sir Edmund Andros | Dominins royal governer who set up new rules |