Early Settlements Vocabulary

A group of people who moved to a place where they could be free to have their own religion.

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

Small communities formed by larger countries.

• Human Characteristics

• Physical Characteristics

• Settlements

• Colonists

First English settlement, “lost colony”.

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

The first successful English settlement in America, started by a group of wealthy men.

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Pilgrims

Third English settlement in North America started by people who were looking for religious freedom.

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Pilgrims

People who settle in colonies.

• Pilgrims

• Settlements

• Colonists

• Separatists

An agreement that described the way the Pilgrims planned to govern themselves in the New World.

• Physical Characteristics

• Human Characteristics

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

People who want to have a different, or separate church.

• Separatists

• Colonist

• Settlers

• Pilgrims

Features or things in an area that are natural to the environment. Examples: landforms, climate, bodies of water, vegetation, animals.

• Human Characteristics

• Physical Characteristics

• Settlements

• Colonists

Features or things in an area that have been created or established by people. Examples: language, religious beliefs, housing, transportation, settlement pattern.

• Human Characteristics

• Physical Characteristics

• Colonists

• Settlements