Coach Thomas History all Vocab for test Flashcards
Huguenot
French Protestant
Colony
A piece of land or group of people somewhere else but still governed by a bigger country (Mother Country).
Join Stock Company
Company who has a jointly owned stock and share holds.
Persecution
Hostility is based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and political beliefs.
Ex. (Holocaust, Japanese Internment Camps, and The Jim Crow Laws).
Conquistador
A SPANISH explorer/conqueror who explored and conquered new land in the name of SPAIN
Cash Crop
A crop is grown in surplus solely for money instead of food.
Encomienda
An agreement from the Spanish Crown that forced labor on Native Americans for the Spanish explorers
Headright System
Allowed Landowners to purchase 50 acres of land for every immigrant they sponsored.
Charter
a written grant by a country’s legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.
Indentured Servant
Person who works for New World landowner for 7 years in exchange for land and rewards
Separatists
Someone who supports the separation of a group like a certain religion from a larger body of that group.
