Vocab 1
The time right now (today)
present
The time before now (yesterday)
past
The time yet to come (tomorrow)
future
Name of settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims
People cooked food on these
fires
Diagram of a person's family
family tree
Is a symbol of American freedom
bald eagle
The study of things that happened in the past
history
The colonies were set up along this ocean
Atlantic
Instead of cars, people rode these for transportation
horses
Things following one after another in time
chronological order
a picture that shows the parts of something
diagram
A line that tells when things happened in order from oldest to newest
timeline
The first people to live in North America
Native Americans
People used these for light
candles
What happens when something becomes different
change
one of the first people to make a home in a new place
settlers
a place that is ruled by another country
colony
Name of European country early settlers came from
England
How did people get water
buckets
Is the place where something comes from
source
The order in which events happen (first, next, last)
sequence
An object remaining from a past generation
artifact
How many colonies did the settlers form?
13
1621 harvest feast shared by colonists and Native Americans
Thanksgiving