| A | B |
|---|
| history | story of the past |
| explorers | a person who travels to a new place to learn about it |
| explorers | first people to come from Europe to America |
| Native Americans | the first people to live in America |
| Vikings | first explorers from Europe:traveled in large wooden ships |
| Christopher Columbus | sailed here from Spain in 1492 |
| Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria | the 3 ship Columbus and his crew traveled in |
| colonies | places that are ruled by another country |
| colonists | people that lived in colonies |
| Spain | the first colonists came from this country |
| grid map | will help you find places |
| Pilgrims | they built the colony of Plymouth |
| independence | to be free from othe people or places |
| Declaration of Independence | said that the colonies were "free and independent" |
| Declaration of Independence | this was signed by American leaders on July 4,1776 |
| American Revolution | the war between America and England for independence |
| George Washington | led the American army |
| George Washington | the first President of the United States |
