vocab topic 2: lessons 1&2 Flashcards
a spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain
conquistador
a town in the Spanish colonies; a village or town of the Anasazi or other American Indian groups in American Southwest
pueblo
a port where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies
presidio
a religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars; a settlement that aims to spread religions into a new area
mission
a person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony
peninsular
a person born in Spain’s American colonies to Spanish parents
creole
in Spain’s American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background
mestizo
clever
shrewd
to stop briefly because of nervousness.
hesitate
a waterway through or around North America
northwest passage
a French colonist who lived in the lands beyond French settlements as a fur trapper
coureurs de bois
an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
alliance
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or colony
charter
a representative to the colonial Virginia government
burgess
a political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
representative government
a 1676 revolt of Virginia colonists against the colony’s government
Bacon’s Rebellion
someone who is one of the first people to move to and live in a new area
pioneer
to indicate or be a sign of
signify
