Colonial America and Early Explorers

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Indentured Servants

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Laborers who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America and eventual freedom.

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Roger Williams

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Founder of Rhode Island, advocate for religious freedom and separation of church and state.

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William Penn

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Founder of Pennsylvania, known for his principles of religious tolerance and good relations with Native Americans.

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Encomienda

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A Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of subject people.

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Headright System

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A land grant program designed to attract settlers by giving them land, typically 50 acres, for each person they brought to America.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth.

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Chief Metacom

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Also known as King Philip, he was a Native American leader who waged war against the New England colonies.

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Jamestown

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

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Separatists

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English Protestants who sought to separate from the Church of England, some of whom founded Plymouth Colony.

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Hernando Cortes

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Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.