| Term | Definition |
| Captain John Smith | Took control of Jamestown; declared, He that will not work shall not eatl. |
| Virginia Dare | First English child to be born in America. |
| Captain Miles Standish | Military leader of Plymouth. |
| Samoset | Indian that walked into the settlement of Plymouth; said, "Much welcome, Englishmen!" |
| Squanto | Indian who lived with the Pilgrims and taught them how to hunt and plant corn; |
| Chief Massasoit | Leader of the Wampanoag tribe; made treaty with the Pilgrims and shared in the first Thanksgiving feast. |
| John Rolfe | Married Pocahontas; introduced tobacco crops from the West Indies to the colonies. |
| Philis Wheatley | The first black women wirter in America to publish a book. |