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 |