Chapter 2 Test Flashcards
Hidalgos
young adventurous spanish gentlemen
conquistadors
spanish conquerers
Isthmus?
narrow strip of land that joins two larger land areas
Mestizos
spanish for mixed
colonies
areas settled by immigrants who continue to be ruled by their parent colony
Presidios
spanish settlements that eventually dotted the South and West were forts
missions
missionaries go and preach
Pueblo Revolt of 1680
spanish started taking over and the people revolted and killed many leaders and spanish people and hurt the population of the spanish
charter
certificate of permission
joint stock company
invest and share the gains and loses of the company
indentured servants
people that come over and as a result owe around 7 years of service to a master
Bacon’s rebellion
raised an army to fight the native americans but when governor william berkley was angry he turned it around on him
New england colonies
new england states
Pilgrims?
a group of separatists
puritans?
wanted purer church and type of worship
persectued
attacked for their beliefs
mayflower compact
pilgrims made settlers sign saying they would not leave the colony
Great Migration
settlers came from all aroun, and massachusetts colony had 16,oo people among 20 towns and capital was boston
religious tolerance
the idea that people of different religions could live in peace
salem witch trials,
took notes
Sachem?
native american leader
Pequot war?
took down a pequot fort killing over 500 people inside, went on to capture and kill any others.
mIddle cOlonies?
new york, new jersey, Pennsylvania, and delaware
diversity
variety of people
synagogue
jewish house of worship
proprietary colony
colony granted by a king or queen to an individual or group that has full governing rights
Quakers
members of a protestant group that had suffered persecution in england, believed people should be treated as equals