Spanish Colonization & New Spain
A town in the Spanish colonies
pueblo
burgess
An English settler who sought religious freedom in the Americas in the 1600s
pilgrim
A crop sold for money at market
cash crop
A person who cannot pay money he or she owes
debtor
A person of mixed Spanish and Indian background
mestizo
A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
representative government
A group of English Protestants who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans
An English colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment
proprietary colony
Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans and denied them basic rights
slave codes
What were the three main reasons why Spanish explorers established colonies in the Americas?
wealth, to spread Christianity, and adventure
What were the first French colonists in North America most interested in?
fishing, trapping, and trading
Why did the Separatists establish a colony?
they wanted to worship freely
How did William Penn attract so many people to his colony?
he advertised the religious freedom offered in the colony
What was the reason that James Oglethorpe and other trustees founded a colony in Georgia?
to solve a social problem
Why did Bartolome de la Casa's efforts to protect Indians have little to no impact?
Local officials ignored laws protecting Indians
What did Early European explorers search North America's coast for?
a shorter route for ships to reach Asia
What was the main reason that several New England cities became major shipbuilding centers?
the cities were located on the coast and had plenty of wood
to govern more easily than one large New York colony
Why was there an increase in the number of enslaved Africans arriving in America?
the development of the plantation system
What did Cortes believe he could find when he set sail for Mexico in 1519?
an extremely wealthy empire
Why did the Virginia Company establish the House of Burgesses?
How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influence the development of representative government in America?
it expanded the right to vote to all men who owned property
they wanted the wealth that came from trade
What was the most significant difference between the northern and southern Carolina settlements?
the southern settlement grew rich on rice while poorer farmers in the north grew tobacco