IMPORTANT PEOPLE
THE CHIEF OF SEVERAL WOODLAND INDIAN TRIBES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA.
POWHATTAN
A GROUP OF TRADERS WHO TRAVEL TOGETHER TO TRADE AND SELL THEIR GOODS.
CARAVAN
FRENCH PROTESTANTS THAT WERE FORBIDDEN TO SETTLE IN AMERICA.
HUGUENOTS
THIS COLONY WAS BUILT IN A POOR SPOT. MANY OF THE COLONISTS DID NOT WANT TO WORK. THE COLONIAL GOVERNOR MADE THE PEOPLE ATTEND CHURCH 2X PER DAY AND WORK FOR THEIR FOOD.
JAMESTOWN
A PENINSULA IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTRIES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
IBERIAN PENINSULA
A CAPTAIN WHO MADE THE COLONISTS AT JAMESTOWN WORK. HE WAS ALSO A CARTOGRAPHER AND WROTE BOOKS.
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A SHIP TO MOVE IN A ZIG-ZAG MOTION.
TACKING
A PERSON WHO AGREED TO WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO PAY OFF A DEBT.
INDENTURED SERVANTS
THIS PLACE WHERE THE COLONISTS LANDED WAS LARGELY UNINHABITED. THE PATUXET INDIANS TAUGHT THE COLONISTS HOW TO GROW NEW FOODS.
PLYMOUTH
A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTHERN ENGLAND WHERE THE SEPARATISTS LIVED BEFORE MOVING TO AMERICA. THE SEPARATISTS THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE LIVED WITH TOO MUCH SIN.
SCROOBY, ENGLAND
A SPANISH EXPLORER WHO SAILED ACROSS THE SEAS AND DISCOVERED WHAT WE NOW CALL THE NEW WORLD.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A TOOL INVENTED BY THE ARABS THAT SAILORS USED TO DETERMINE THEIR LOCATION.
QUADRANT
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY REMOVING FALSE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES.
PURITANS
HAVING IT'S COMPANY LEADERS IN AMERICA GAVE THIS COLONY GREATER FREEDOMS. THEY ALSO SET UP THEIR OWN CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
THE NORTHEASTERN AREA OF NORTH AMERICA, MADE UP OF CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND AND VERMONT.
NEW ENGLAND
THE FIRST GOVERNER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY WHO WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN LOVE.
JOHN WINTHROP
MEASURES THE DISTANCE EAST TO WEST FROM THE EQUATOR.
LATITUDE
A EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT TRADED WITH AMERICA. MANY SEPARATISTS MOVED HERE FROM SCROOBY, ENGLAND.
NETHERLANDS
A PORTUGESE NAVIGATOR WHO WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SAIL AROUND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA.
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
AN INVENTION THAT ALLOWED NAVIGATORS TO KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THEY WERE SAILING.
COMPASS
THE INDIANS WHO LIVED IN IN PLYMOUTH BEFORE IT WAS FOUNDED BY THE PILGRIMS.
PATUXET