Spanish Colonial America Terms Quiz

conquistador = Spanish conquerors missionaries = People sent to a foreign country in order to convert others to their religion Mestizo = People in Spanish colonial America who were of European and American Indian descent presidios = Forts built by the Spanish in colonial America, usually in what is today the Southwest United States and California

viceroy = King-appointed official who governed a province, colony, or country missions = Religious settlements usually run by Catholic priests and friars in colonial Spanish America Northwest Passage = A water route to Asia that many believed could be found through the cold waters of present-day Canada Joint-stock company = A company run by a group of investors who share the company’s profits and losses

Indentured servant = An individual who agrees to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies Royal colonies = English colonies that were under direct control of the Crown charter = A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company Separatists = English Protestants who wished to separate from the Anglican church

<p>Puritans = English Protestants who believed in strict religious discipline and the simplification of worship in an effort to purify the Anglican church; settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 proprietary colonies = English colonies granted to an individual or group by the Crown</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pequot War = Short outbreak of violence between English colonists and Pequot Indians in 1636 King Philip’s War = Conflict between English colonists and American Indians in New England House of Burgesses = Colonial Virginia’s representatives assembly formed in 1619 Pilgrims = English Separatists seeking religious freedom who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quakers = Members of the Religious Society of Friends who believe in the doctrine of 'Inner Light' Pilgrims = English Separatists who founded Plymouth Colony and sought religious freedom Pequot Indians = Indigenous group involved in a violent conflict with English colonists in 1636 House of Burgesses = Representative assembly formed in Colonial Virginia in 1619</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mayflower Compact = Framework for self-government signed on the ship Mayflower in 1620 Pequot War = Resulted in a Pequot village being set afire with significant casualties House of Burgesses = Established as Colonial Virginia's representative assembly in 1619 Quakers = Christian movement devoted to peaceful principles and pacifism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>King Philip’s War = English colonists against American Indians in New England Pequot War = English colonists against Pequot Indians Quakers = Christian movement advocating pacifism and refusal to bear arms Pilgrims = English Separatists founding Plymouth Colony for religious freedom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pequot Indians = Involved in a violent conflict with English colonists in 1636 King Philip’s War = Conflict between American Indians and English colonists in New England Mayflower Compact = Signed on the ship Mayflower, establishing self-government in Plymouth Colony Quakers = Members of a Christian movement focused on peaceful principles and pacifism</p> Signup and view all the answers