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a grant from the Spanish government giving settlers the right to control local Native Americans
encomienda
100
a long period without rain
drought
100
Why did England want to start a colony in North America?
wanted to compete with Spain (who was their rivals).
100
What was the relationship like between the Native Americans and the Dutch and French settlers?
traded with each other but still had conflicts (good and bad)
100
Describe the role of Native Americans in the economy of New Spain.
Native Americans were labor. Worked in mines, and were overworked. Causes much death among Native Americans.
200
a person who goes on a religious journey
Pilgrim
200
a shortcut across North American to Asia
Northwest Passage
200
What was the geography (land) around Jamestown like?
surrounded by water mosquitoes bred around the water and carried diseases
200
What led to several years of peace between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan nation?
John Rolfe married Pocahontas
200
Discuss three factors that were important in the survival and growth of the Jamestown colony.
tobacco peace with Native Americans House of Burgesses
300
people chosen by voters to speak and act for them
representative
300
the first legislative body in the American colonies
House of Burgesses
300
Why did Spanish settlements spread in North America?
Spanish missionaries set up villages, called missions.
300
What was the purpose of the House of Burgesses?
give Virginia's colonists a voice in their own government.
300
Describe why the Pilgrims and Puritans came to North America.
religious freedom
400
a person sent to a new land to spread his or her religion
missionary
400
an agreement made by the Pilgrims to govern themselves and make just laws
Mayflower Compact
400
How were the Native Americans harmed by contact with the Spaniards?
passed diseases to the Native Americans and many dies because of it.
400
The uprising of the Pueblo people in 1680 shows how ...
Spanish colonization sometimes angered Native Americans
400
Describe the beginning of representative government in Virginia.
House of Burgesses represented Virginia's colonists. Made laws for the colony.
500
a system for ranking people, often according to power or wealth
class structure
500
an early settler who left England so they could practice a religion freely
Puritan
500
What did the Pilgrims promise to do in the Mayflower Compact?
work together to make just and equal laws.
500
Life in the Dutch colony of New Netherland was based on what?
commerce
500
Name three locations in which the Spanish started settlements in North America.
St. Augustine American Southwest Mexico