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American History
ch.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conquistadors | "conquerors" |
| hidalgos | working-class tradespeople |
| Puritans | Those who wanted to "purify" the Catholicism out of the Anglican church |
| Privateers | privately owned ships licensed by the government to attack ships of other countries |
| headrights | new settlers who bought a share in the company or payed their own way to America were granted 50 acres of land to settle |
| proprietary colony | A colony where the owner could govern the colony in any way he wished... appoint officials, coin money, or impose taxes |
| Separatists | group of Puritans who broke away from the Anglican church and formed their own congregations |
| Pilgrims | Separatists who fled to Holland and eventually decided to sail to America |
| heretics | people whose religious beliefs differ from those accepted by the majority |
| pacifism | opposition, or being against war or violence as a means to settle disputes |