Jamestown
When did people leave England for Jamestown?
1607
Where was St. Augustine?
Florida
A rule; king
Monarch
Spaniards born in Spain
Peninsulares
Where was New Spain?
Modern day Mexico
What state is Jamestown in?
Virginia
What native American group did the settlers at St. Augustine interact with?
Timucua
A system for ranking people.
Class Structure
Born in New Spain to Spanish parents
Creoles
What document allowed the Spanish to own native land and the people on it?
Encomienda
What games were played in the community?
Backgamon or Checkers
How did the settlers and Native Americans get along?
gifts from the spaniards
the right to govern themselves
a grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans.
Encomienda
People of mixed Spanish and Native American background
Mestizos
What was the religion of the Spanish?
Catholic
What three cultures came together in Jamestown?
English
Powhatans
West African Slaves
What was the goal of the missionaries?
Teach the spanish way of life
Teach catholicism/christianity
Someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion.
Missionary
The lowest group of the class structure.
Native Americans and Ensalved Africans
When was the colony established?
The mid 1500s
What is a blacksmith?
Someone who melts metals to make weapons or armor.
Why did Spain continue to support the fort?
They needed a safe harbor and fort in Florida
Goncalo Mendez de Canco convinced them
To make someone believe in something
Persuade
Why were the Peninsulares the top of the class structure?
They were the only people truly from Spain.
What did the native americans and enslaved africans give the spanish in exhange for learning christianity?
gold, silver, labor, goods