Lesson 1
Explorers were looking for this- a passage through North America to Asia
Northwest Passage
This is a document permitting colonists to settle land claimed by their ruler
charter
This is the name of the Pilgrims' ship
Mayflower
This year is the origin for the first Thanksgiving
1621
This river was one Henry Hudson sailed north up in search of the Northwest Passage. It is now named after him.
Hudson River
This term is used to describes the amount of money that remains after costs have been paid
profit
A large fleet of ships is called this
armada
This is the word for a leader of a group of Native Americans
sachem
In this year the Pilgrims set sail for their new colony
1620
This man was the leader of the Roanoke colony. When we returned to his colony with supplies and food- the people were gone
John White
France
Another word for ownership in a company
stock
This document that Pilgrim men signed was one of the first steps to self-government in North America
Mayflower Compact
This native man stayed with the Pilgrims and showed them how to plant corn
Squanto
This captain helped the Jamestown's colony survive by telling the colonists, "He that will not work shall not eat."
Captain John Smith
This company paid for expeditions to find the Northwest Passage
Dutch East India Company
This is a crop sold for money
cash crop
This was the name of the colony the Pilgrims established
Plymouth
This month was the when the first Thanksgiving was held
October
The daughter of Powhatan, she helped keep peace between the English and the Powhatan people
Pocahontas
This term describes a land route from one body of water to another
portage
These people bound themselves to serve someone for a certain period of time
indentured servants
Atlantic Ocean
This was eaten at the first Thanksgiving. However, it was not baked into a pie
Pumpkin
These three Native Americans helped save the Pilgrims' lives in the first years of their established colony
Massasoit, Squanto, Samoset