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History
8th Grade
09/17/2010

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Colony
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A group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land.
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Conquistadors
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The name for the Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain.
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Pueblos
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A town in Spanish colonies.
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Presidios
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A fort where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies.
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Peninsulares
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A person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony.
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Creoles
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A person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents.
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Mestizos
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In Spain's American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background.
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Encomiendas
Definition
Land granted to Spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans.
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Plantation
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A large estate farmed by many workers.
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North west passage
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A water way through or around North America.
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Alliance
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An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another.
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Charter
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A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.
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Burgesses
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A representative to the colonial Virginia government.
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Pilgrims
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In the 1600s, English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas.
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