Lesson 1
Spanish conqueror
Conquistadors
A waterway through or around America
Northwest Passage
Mistreatment of someone because of their beliefs
Persecution
A place where people are protected from danger
Haven
To take something away from
Deprive
Forts were soldiers lived
Presidios
To develop, or to be the first to do something
Pioneered
Founders of Plymouth
Pilgrims
A colony under direct control of an English king or queen
Royal colony
A plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Indigo
Settlements run by catholic priests and friars
Missions
An agreement between 2 nations to aid and protect one another
Alliance
To come to a firm decision
Resolve
One of the most despised religious groups in England
Quakers
People who owed money they could not pay back
Debtors
Born in spain worked in the church and government
Peninsulares
A legal document giving a person or company certain rights
Charter
Morally good behavior
Virtue
A regular or average person
Commoner
Living in accommodations
Quarters
Born in America by Spanish parents
Creoles
To be a sign of, or to indicate something
Signify
A religious group
Puritans
Crops that were sold for money
Cash crop
The belief that one race is superior to another
Racism