Lesson 1
What is a conquistador?
a conqueror
To develop or to be the first to do something is called what?
Pioneer
The founders of Plymouth?
Pilgrims
crops sold for money
cash crop
a belief held without proof
assumption
What were towns- were centers of farming and trade. Spanish worshiped at churches called?
pueblos
waterway through or around North America?
northwest passage
Morally good behavior or good character?
Virtues
A despised religious group in England.
Quakers
goods sent to markets outside a country
exports
What were forts called? The first one was built in St. Augustine, Florida
this was called presidios
To indicate or be a sign of?
signify
A willingness to let others practice their own beliefs?
Religious tolerance
a regular or average person
commoner
goods brought into a country
imports
People who were born in Spain, held the highest jobs in government and church were called what?
Peninsulares
A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company?
Charter
a meeting where settlers discussed and voted on local and church issues?
Town meetings
to take something away from
deprive
a colonial trade route that had three legs that formed a triangle
triangular trade
Born in the Americas to parents of the Spanish origin and they owned farms and ranches but what were they called?
Creoles
runners of the woods?
Coureurs de bios
Male church members elected representatives to an assembly called?
General Court
people who owed money they could not payback
debtor
a written list of freedoms the government promises to protect
bill of rights