Vocabulary 1
someone who makes a long journey, usually for religious reasons
pilgrim
crops that are sold instead of being used by a farmer
cash crop
a person elected to act for others
representative
the name of the Spanish colony in the Americas
New Spain
traveled through Florida trying to persuade American Indians to become Christians.
missionaries
a person who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for food, clothing, and shelter, and the promise of land
indentured servant
exclusive control over trade in a certain area
monopoly
someone who wanted to change the Church of England and came to North America to worship freely
Puritan
Queen Elizabeth I's advisor who received a royal charter to colonize in North America
Sir Walter Raleigh
These colonists eventually vanished
Roanoke Island
someone sent by a king or queen to rule a colony
viceroy
a method of ranking people, often by race, power, or wealth
class system
a document from a king or queen that gave permission to set up and govern a colony
royal charter
Became a profitable cash crop for the Virginia Company
tobacco
Native group that helped the Pilgrims by providing food
The Wampanoag
an agreement made by the Pilgrims to govern themselves
Mayflower Compact
having a connection to the church of England
Anglican
a system that gives Spanish settlers the right to take land and control local American Indians on that land.
encomienda
The year of the first Thanksgiving
1621
searched North America for a shortcut to Asia and claimed parts of Canada for France
Jacques Cartier
the first representative legislative body that was established in the colony of Virginia
House of Burgesses
an area controlled and governed by a king or queen
royal province
a shortened sea route between Europe and Asia
Northwest Passage
the most important Dutch settlement
New Amsterdam
Took control of New Netherland from the Dutch that eventually became part of the 13 colonies
England