Chapter 3: Settling the Colonies in North America

viceroy

a person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen

encomienda

a system which gave Spanish settlers the right to take land and control the American Indians on the land

class system

a way of ranking people by race, power or wealth

missionary

a person sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion

royal charter

a document that gave him the right to set up and govern colonies

indentured servant

someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time

Anglican

a person who follows the Church of England

cash crop

a crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit

House of Burgesses

the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619

representative

someone who is chosen by voters to speak for them

pilgrim

a person who makes a long journey, usually for religious reasons

Mayflower Compact

a document that explained how the Pilgrims would govern themselves

Puritan

a group who left England to start a community where they could worship freely

Northwest Passage

a water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through North America

monopoly

control of trade in a certain area

royal province

An area controlled and governed by a king or queen