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Chapter3 study guide
Setting the Colonies in North America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pilgrim | A pilgrim is a person who goes on a long journey usually for religious purposes. |
| Encomienda | A system granted from the Spanish government that gives Spanish settlers the right to take land and control local American Indians on that land |
| Northwest Passage | They were searching for a westward sea route across the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Cash crop | A cash crop is a crop that a farmer raises only to sell |
| Monopoly | Exclusive control over trade in a certain area |
| Puritans | Someone who wanted to change the Church of England and came to North America to worship freely in the 1600s. |
| House of Burgesses | The first representative legislative body in North America established in the colony of Virginia |
| Royal Province | An area controlled and governed by a king or a queen |
| indentured servant | A person who agrees to work without play for a certain period of time in exchange for food clothing and shelter and the promise of land |
| missionary | A person who is sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion |
| viceroy | A viceroy is person who rules the country or territory as a representative of the king or queen |
| class system | A method of ranking people often by race power or wealth |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement made by the pilgrims to govern themselves. |
| Royal Charter | A document granting specific rights powers privileges or functions from the sovereign power of a state to an individual cooperation Ccty or another unit of local organization |
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