| A | B |
|---|
| colony | area under the control of a distant country |
| colonists | people who live in a colony, often people who move to the country from the controlling country |
| Chrisopher Columbus | person who sailed from Spain to the Americas in 1492 |
| Native Americans | American Indians |
| crops | plants people grow to eat or to sell |
| discover | find out |
| form | make, or a paper to fill out |
| native | someone born in a place |
| practice | do, or do in order to learn |
| reach | get to or arrive |
| sailors | people who work on a boat or ship |
| settle | move to live in a different area, often the first people to live permanently in that area |
| silk | smooth material made from moths' cocoons |
| spices | powder or seeds put into food to give more flavor |
| tobacco | plant that plant leaves that we can smoke and put in cigarettes |
| trade | sell or exchange |
| Carribean Sea | place in the Americas that Columbus first came |
| Massachusetts | one of the 13 colonies where the Pilgrims live; now a state in the NE US |
| Spain | country in Europe where Columbus sailed from |
| India | country in South Asia where Columbus tried to go |
| England | country in Europe that controlled the first 13 colonies |
| New Mexico | colony started by people from Spain, now a state in the SW US |
| Mexico | country to the south of the US |
| Canada | country to the north of the US |
| Virginia | one of the 13 colonies where the first English people lived permanently |
| Pilgrims | English colonists who lived in Massachusetts |
| Mayflower | ship the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts in |
| Plymouth | the name of the Pilgrims first home in Massachusetts |
| Thanksgiving | holiday that the Pilgrims made to say thanks |
| religion | belief in a god or gods |
