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Cowboys of Argentina
Who were gauchos?
This term refers to people born to Indian and Spanish parents.
Who are Mestizos?
This name was given to Portuguese nobility who ruled in the colonies.
Who were donatarios?
People from this mother country enjoyed the most religious freedom in the New World.
What was England?
This document outlines the United States' system of laws.
What is the Constitution?
Strong men who took control of weak Latin American governments
Who were caudillos?
This term refers to poor neighborhoods in Latin American cities.
What are barrios?
This country on the Iberian Peninsula was the mother country of Brazil.
What is Portugal?
These rules became law in 1542 and protected natives in South America from abuse by the European settlers.
What were the New Laws of 1542?
This Frenchman discovered the St Lawrence River while looking for a water route to China.
Who was Jacque Cartier?
These Spanish people ruled in Latin America and reported to the Council of the Indies.
Who were viceroys?
This term refers to someone of Spanish or Portuguese blood who was born in the New World.
Who were Creoles?
This Portuguese ruler oversaw Brazil's peaceful transition to independence from Portugal.
Who was Pedro I?
This devout religious group established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who were the Puritans?
This French explorer discovered a lake that was eventually named for him.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
This term refers to a Spaniard born in Spain.
What is a peninsulare?
This man freed Colombia and Venezuela from Spain.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
This mark on a map by a pope gave Portugal the rights to settle a small part of South America.
What was the Line of Demarcation?
These people left the Church of England and established a colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Who were the Pilgrims?
These two men provided key leadership within the Colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
Who were Sir Thomas Dale and John Smith?
This term refers to a wealthy Latin American home located in the country.
What is a hacienda?
This man freed Chile and Peru.
Who was Jose de San Martin?
This agreement between Portugal and Spain divided Latin America between the two countries, and settled any disagreements about where each could settle.
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Roman Catholicism was the only approved religion in parts of this North American country.
What was Canada?
This group of Roman Catholics established businesses in the new world and eventually were expelled from Latin American colonies by Spain.
Who were Jesuits?