Early American History: Defining Terms

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Provincetown Harbor

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The harbor in Cape Cod where the Pilgrims landed in 1620.

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Plymouth

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The first permanent English settlement in New England, founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.

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Sagadahoc

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A failed English settlement in Maine, founded in 1607.

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Jamestown

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The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia.

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New Amsterdam

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A Dutch settlement that later became New York City.

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Samoset

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A Native American from the Abenaki tribe who greeted the Pilgrims when they arrived in Plymouth.

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Squanto

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A Native American from the Wampanoag tribe who helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them how to grow crops and hunt.

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Massasoit

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The Wampanoag sachem who formed an alliance with the Pilgrims.

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Puritan

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A member of a Protestant group that sought to purify the Church of England.

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John Smith

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An English explorer and leader of the Jamestown colony.