| A | B |
|---|
| Mayflower | Ship used by the pilgrims for travel to North America |
| Pilgrims | Religious group known in England as Separatists |
| Wanted religious freedom to separate from the Church of England | Reason why the Pilgrims left England |
| Winter of 1620 | Time period when the Pilgrims landed in North America |
| Plymouth Massachusetts | Area near Cape Cod where Pilgrims of the Mayflower landed |
| Mayflower Compact | Document drawn up by the Pilgrims in which they pledged to work together to make the colony at Plymouth succeed and further evidence of early beginnings of representative government in America |
| Squanto | Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them what to plant and how to fish. |
| Results of first harsh winter | More than half of the settlers died of disease or starvation |
| Samoset | Pemaquid Indian who spoke English. He introduced the Pilgrims to the Wampanoag Indians |
| Massasoit | Wampanoag chief |
| More than 100 | Number who set sail from England for North America |
| Leyden | City in the Netherlands where the Pilgrims first tried to practice religious freedom |
| Queen Elizabeth and King James I | They opposed any group that refused to follow the Church of England |
| Virginia | Original destination of the Pilgrims |
| 41 | Number who signed the Mayflower Compact |
| William Bradford | Eyewitness to the first tragic winter of the Pilgrims at Plymouth |
| Thanksgiving | National holiday established by President Lincoln 200+ years after the Pilgrim's first successful harvest |
| September | Time of year when the Pilgrims departed England |
| Haven | A protected place |
