| Term | Description |
| Pilgrims | a group of Separatists who traveled to the Netherlands before starting Plymounth colony in the New World |
| Separatists | a group of people who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Puritans | wanted to send Roger Williams back to England for speaking out against the church |
| spinning wheel | a tool used to spin wool into yarn |
| pillory | a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands that was used to punish Puritan rule breakers |
| Squanto | American Indian who was kidnapped and taken to England; later he helped the Pilgrims survive in America |
| Massasoit | American Indian chief who made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims that lasted for 50 years |
| Thomas Hooker | leader of Connecticut Colony |
| John Winthrop | leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Roger Williams | disagreed with the leaders of Massachusetts Bay Colony; founded the colony of Rhode Island |
| Rhode Island | only colony with true religious freedom |
| Plymouth | Pilgrim settlement where nearly half of the settlers died in the first 3 months |
