| A | B |
| Roanoke | the first British colony in the New World settled in 1585 |
| Jamestown | the second British colony in the New World settled in 1607 |
| Plymouth Bay | a third British colony in the New World settled by the Pilgrims in 1620 |
| Massachusetts | a fourth British colony in the New World settled by the Puritans in 1630 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | an English writer and adventurer who began the Roanoke Colony |
| Spanish Armada | group of Spanish ships defeated by England in 1588 |
| John Smith | leader who created strict rules to help Jamestown survive |
| John Rolfe | settler who discovered tobacco could be a cash crop for Jamestown |
| Pocahontes | Native American who married John Rolfe |
| Croatoan | name of Native American tribe etched into a tree where the Roanoke colony once was |
| Queen Elizabeth I | leader who allowed British ships to freely attack Spanish ships |