Vocabulary
A Spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain
Conquistador
Why were American Indians replaced with African Americans as slaves?
It was believed they wouldn't die from the European diseases
A group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritan
THe first FRENCH colonists in North America were mainly interested in
fishing, trapping, and trading
Cortez was able to conquer the Aztecs because...
Indians had sacred writings proclaiming a white skinned sacred god so the Spanish took advantage of this
In Spain's American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background
Meztiso
What was the most important feature of Plymouth colony that set a precedent for all other colonies?
Worship freely
A representative to the colonial Virginia company
Burgess
What were the THREE main reasons why Spanish explorers established colonies in the Americas?
Wealth
Spread Christianity
adventure
What motivated explorers to find new travel routes around the globe?
Trying to find an all water route to Asia to claim their riches
A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact
The Puritan belief in studying the Bible led to people wanting to do what?
Learn to read or teach their children how to read
A person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents
Creole
Thomas Hooker believed there should be stricter limits on government so what did he do?
Settled the town of Hartford and established a representative government
How were Pilgrim settlers different than Virginia Colony settlers?
Pilgrims were motivated by religious freedom and Virginia colony was motivated by wealth
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
Charter
What was the main reason that several New England colonies became major ship building centers?
Cities were located along the coast
An English settler who sought religious freedom in the Americas in the 1600s
Pilgrim
What was the first instance limited of self government in English Colonies?
House of Burgesses
How did the Mayflower Compact contribute to the establishment of representative government in the colonies
established a framework for government and made laws for the whole colony
A person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony
Peninsular
The Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were
Aware that they needed their own government
An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
Alliance
The Separatists established a new colony because they wanted to do what?
Worship freely
How did the Plymouth Colony contribute to the establishment of representative government in the colonies?
created a system for electing representatives and a governor