| A | B |
| Armada | a fleet of warships. |
| Profit | money left over after everything in a business has been paid for |
| Pilgrim | A person who makes a journey for a religious reason |
| Compact | an agreement |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement by those on the Mayflower to make and obey laws for their colony.This was the first example of self-rule by American colonists |
| Interpreter | a person who translates from language to another. |
| Puritan | Someone that wanted religions to be more pure |
| Charter | a document giving a person or group official approval to take a certain action |
| Fundamental Orders | The first written system of government in North America |
| Influence | the ability people or things have to affect other people or things |
| Refuge | a safe place |
| Immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from his or her home country. |
| Frontier | the land beyond a settlement |
| Cash crop | a crop grown to make a profit |
| House of Burgesses | an assembly that met in the colony of Virginia to make laws. |
| Navel stores | products made from pine tar that were used in building and repairing ships |
| Indigo | a plant from which a blue dye is made |
| Debtor | a person who had been in prison for owing money, or debt |