Vocabulary
a person who is sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion
missionary
Where is St. Augustine located? (present day___)
Florida
What religion was Spain trying to convert people to?
Christianity/Catholicism
parent's race
someone sent by a king or queen to rule a colony
viceroy
What are the two countries that *at some point* occupied the land of St. Augustine?
England
What were the two primary jobs were Indigenous people given in Spanish colonies?
Farming and Mining
unchanging
rigid
What did England do to St. Augustine?
What leader of Spain did not trust Cortes? As a result he sent viceroys to New Spain
King Charles V
__________ was a system put in place in Spanish colonies with the intention of treating Indigenous people better. Was is successful?
Encomienda; no
a method of ranking people, often by race, power, or wealth
class system
Who was sent to St. Augustine by Spain and what were they trying to do?
Pedro Menendez de Aviles was sent to St. Augustine to get France out
If Spain's settlements/forts in North America had control over the _______ _______ it gave them power over resources.
trade routes
What was the name of the tier on the class system of people who were born in New Spain with parents from Spain
criollo/criolla
a system that gives Spanish settlers the right to take land and control local American Indians on that land.
Encomienda
What was the main purpose of the colony of St. Augustine?
To establish a safe harbor for Spanish ships
Spain and other European empires at the time were competing for land on North America because it gave them __________
power/wealth
What was the name of those at the top of the pyramid in New Spain's class system, and what aspect of who they are put them there?
Peninsular; both parents were born in Spain