Spanish Conquistadors & Empire
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The main goal of Spanish missions was to do this.
What is convert Native Americans to Christianity?
The transatlantic slave trade brought enslaved people from this continent.
What is Africa?
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
These settlers came to America seeking religious freedom.
Who are the Pilgrims?
The Spanish conquered the Aztecs by using weapons and forming these.
What are alliances with other tribes?
A social class of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
What are mestizos?
Enslaved Africans were primarily taken to this region.
What are the Americas?
Jamestown was founded in this year.
What is 1607?
The Pilgrims left England to escape this.
What is religious persecution?
This empire was conquered by Cortés.
What is the Aztec Empire?
Spanish missions were mainly religious, not focused on this.
What is finding gold?
This system affected both Africa and the Americas economically and socially.
What is the transatlantic slave trade?
This early colonial government allowed colonists to vote on laws.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This agreement created self-government in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered land in the Americas were called these.
What are conquistadors?
This group held the highest government positions in New Spain.
Who are Peninsulares?
Enslaved labor was mainly used for this in the colonies.
What is plantation labor?
Bacon’s Rebellion was a conflict between poor settlers and these people.
Who are colonial leaders/wealthy landowners?
The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact before doing this.
What is arriving in the Americas?
Disease, alliances, and these helped the Spanish defeat Native empires.
What are superior weapons?
Spanish missions helped Spain control land and spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
The slave trade caused population loss in Africa and growth of this labor system in the Americas.
What is slavery?
This rebellion showed tensions between rich and poor colonists.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
European explorers searched for this water route to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?