Spanish colonization
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conquistador
a spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for spain; "conqueror"
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pueblo
a town in Spanish colonies
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presidio
a fort where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies
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mission
a settlement run by Catholic priests and friars whose goal was to convert Native Americans to Christianity
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peninsulare
a person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony
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creole
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a person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents
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mestizo
in Spain's American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Native American background
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encomienda
an area of land granted to a Spanish settler with the legal permission to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans
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plantation
a large estate farmed by many workers
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