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The first European settlement that would become the continental United States. It was founded in 1526 by Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.

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Was a labor system, rewarding conquerors with labor.

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An eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation.

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A proprietary colony was a type of British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century.

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The owner of a business, or a holder of property.

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A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement who devoted to peaceful principles.

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Pilgrims who were members of a Puritan sect that believed that membership in the Church of England violated the biblical precepts for true Christians.

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The Magna Carta is a legal document signed by King John of England which stopped taxation without legislative approval and guaranteed a trial or legal process before taking a person's liberty or property.

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An agreement reached by the Pilgrims on the ship the Mayflower in 1620. The Mayflower Compact bound them to live in a civil society according to their own laws.

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Southern Colonies in North America were established by Great Britain during the 16th and 17th centuries and consisted of South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia.

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The Middle Colonies comprised the middle region of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire in North America.

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The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Province of New Hampshire. They were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually became four of the six states in New England.

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The lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.

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A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country.

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The headright system was originally created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage.

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

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Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States. The town was the social, economic, and political center of the early Stephen F. Austin colony.

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The Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site is an important early colonial archaeological site on Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the United States. He is also the first European to have crossed the Mississippi River.

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A conqueror especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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A member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline.

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Were adopted in March 1, 1669 by the eight Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, which included most of the land between what is now Virginia and Florida.

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A fixed rent payable to a feudal superior in commutation of services.