Vocabulary lessons 1-3
forts where soldiers lived
presidios
a colony under direct control of the English king or queen
royal colony
Aztec Emperor
Moctezuma
Founded Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Aztecs hesitated against Cortes because they thought they were
gods
large estate farmed by many workers
planation
crops sold for money on the market and not consumed by the farmers family
cash crops
conquerers of two major Indian Empires
Cortes and Pizarro
tranatlantic slave trade lasted for
about 300 years
Why was New Netherlands founded?
to take advantage of of economic opportunities in North America
an agreement between nations to aid or protect one another
alliance
law providing religious freedom for all Christians
Act of Toleration
founded Port Royal
Samuel de Champlain
women
Act of Toleration did not extend to this religion
Jews or being Jewish
legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
charter
top of society that included wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, successful lawyers, and royal officials
gentry
were called separatists
pilgrims
Yankees had the reputation of being
clever and hardworking
3 colonies that became major tobacco growing centers
Parts of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina
willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Religious tolerance
An event in 1688 when English Parliament removed King James the second from the throne and asked William and Mary of the Netherlands to rule. Resulted in more rights for American Colonists.
Glorious Revolution
Duke of York gave the land for New Jersey to
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Cataract
conflict between liberty and slavery would not be solved until the
1860s
Harvard was founded in
1638