| A | B |
| Journey | when you travel from one place to another |
| Exploration | a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose |
| Pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| Settler | a person who makes a journey/moves to a new place simply for a better life |
| Colonization | a process whereby people from one country move to new land and take it over, making it their own |
| Slave | a person who works without getting paid, who is considered the property of someone else |
| Indentured Servant | a person who works without getting paid, but for the promise of freedom eventually. People did this to pay for their travel to new land/colonies |
| Indigenous person | a person who lived there originally |
| Squanto | he learned English and helped the settlers survive at Plymouth |
| Pocahontas | helped the settlers at Jamestown by bringing peace between her tribe and the settlers there |
| Self-Governed | means you have the right to govern yourself |
| House of Burgesses | Governing body in Virginia where they governed themselves |
| Mayflower Compact | document that the pilgrims used to have their own rules and government when they settled in Massachusetts |
| John Smith | great leader of Jamestown, who helped settlers survive there |
| Sam Houston | soldier and politician who helped Texas gain its independence from Mexico |
| Jim Bowie | leader and great soldier who died trying to save the Alamo |