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Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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The Taino | The Native Americans on the Island where Columbus landed |
Enslaved | To be forced to work for no pay and without freedom |
missionary | person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs |
encomienda | A large area of land given to loyal Spaniards willing to settle in the Americas |
Father Bartolome de las casas | A missionary who worked to help the native Americans |
Ally | A person, group, or nation that writes with another to do something |
Northwest passage | Europeans believed there was a passage {water way} through North America to the pacific ocean |
patroon | a person who was given a large estate in New Netherlands for bringing at least 50 people to the colony |