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Conquistadors
a Spanish explorer who claimed land in America for Spain
Pueblos
a town in the Spanish colonies ; a village or town of the amazai or other american Indian group in the american southwest
missions
a religious settlement run by catholic priest and friars
presidios
a fort where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies
Peninsulares
a person from Spain to held a position of power in a Spanish colony
Creoles
a person born in spain's american colonies to Spanish parents
Mestizos
in spains american colonies a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background
Coureurs de Bois
a french colonist who lived in the lands beyond french settlements as a fur tracker
Charter
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
burgesses
a representative in the colonial virginian governemnt
Pilgrims
an english settler who sought religous freedom in the 1600s America
Mayflower compact
a 1620 legal aggrement for ruling the pymoth coloney
Puritans
a group of english prodistants who settled in the Massachussets bay coloney
proprietary colony
an English colony in which the king gave the land to proprietary in exchange for a yearly payments
royal coloney
a coloney under direct control of the english crown
Quakers
protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people
slave codes
laws that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americas and denied them basic rights
Act of Toleration
a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for Christians
Indigo
a plant used to make valuable blue dye
Racism
the belief that one race is superior to another
hesitate
to stop briefly because of nervousness
pioneer
someone who is one of the first people to move and live in a new area
signify
to indicated or be a sign of
Resolve
to find an answer or solution
virtue
morally good behavior or character
Haven
a place where people are protected from danger
Commoner
a regular or average person
Deprive
to take something away
tolerant
willing to accept beliefs that are different from your own