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SS C5 Vocab
Flash Cards
Word | Definition |
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colony | A settlement ruled by a distant country. |
viceroy | A person sent by the king to rule a colony |
mestizo | A child or descendant of a Spanish colonist and a Native American |
hacienda | A plantation or a large ranch owned by Spanish colonists |
mission | A settlement of missionaries |
presidio | A Spanish fort |
charter | A written agreement giving someone the right to establish a colony |
invest | To put money into a business in the hoping of earning profit |
stock | A share or part of a company |
indentured servant | A person who agreed to work for a certain amount of time for different things |
Puritan | A Protestant who wanted to change the church of England. |
Separatist | Puritans who wanted to leave the Church of England |
Pilgrim | A Puritan who left England to go to a Plymouth colony |
missionary | Someone who travels to do religious work |
pelt | An animal skin with fur on it |
patroon | A person who traded for land from Dutch Colonies |
religious persecution | Keeping people from worshiping god to the way they think is right |