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US History Kisor Americas
Salutary Neglect, Cash Crop, Middle Passage, Enlightenment, Great Awakening, Royal Colony, Slave, Puritans, Triangular Trade, Conquistador, Mestizos, Encomienda, Joint-Stock Companies, Headright System, Indentured Servants, Seperatists, Proprietor, Quakers, Mercantilism
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| Conquistador | One of the Spaniards who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and conquerer in the 16th century. |
| Mestizos | Of mixed Spanish&Native American ancestry. |
| Encomienda | A System in which Spanish authorites granted colonial landlords the service of Native Americans as forced laborers. |
| Joint-Stock Companies | Businesses in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose. |
| Head-right System | The Virginia Companies policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler and to each family member who accompanied him. |
| Indentured Servants | A Person who has contracted to work for another for a limited period, often in return for travel expenses, shelter, and substance. |
| Seperatists | A Member of one of the Puritan groups that, denying the possibility of reform within The Church of England, established their own independent congregations. |
| Proprietor | An Owner. Particularly one of those granted ownership of, and full governing rights over certain of the English colonies in North America. |
| Quakers | Members of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for it's beliefs in 17-century England. |
| Mercantilism | An Economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold&silver&by establishing a favorable balance of trade. |
| Salutary Neglect | An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in it's colonies in return for the colonies continued economic loyalty. |
| Cash Crop | A Crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use. |
| Middle Passage | The Voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Endies and later to North America. |
| Enlightment | An 18th Century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge. |
| Great Awakening | A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730's and 1750's. |
| Royal Colony | A colony under the direct control of English Monarch. |
| Slave | A person who becomes the property of others. |
| Puritans | Members of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England. |
| Triangular Trade | A trans-atlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, &the West Indies, &to the colonies in North America. |
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