| A | B |
| stock | share in a corporation |
| cash crop | something grown and sold for money |
| indentured servant | agreed to work for a certain period of time in return for transport to the colonies |
| House of Burgesses | form of self-government in colonial Virginia |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement by the Pilgrims to obey laws |
| sachem | leader of a group of Native Americans |
| covenant | a special promise or agreement |
| tolerate | willingness to let others have their own beliefs |
| conestoga | a large, covered wagon |
| proprietor | men who owned all the land in a colony |
| debtor | a person who owes money |
| indigo | plant that produces a blue dye |
| Roanoke | colony that disappeared |
| Mayflower | ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America |
| Thanksgiving | event where Pilgrims and Indians shared the fall harvest |
| Metacomet | Indian also known as King Philip |
| Squanto | showed the Pilgrims how to grow corn, beans |
| John Rolfe | married Pocahontas |
| John Smith | Jamestown leader saved by Pocahontas |
| William Bradford | Plymouth leader and historian |