| A | B |
|---|
| colony | settlement ruled by a distant country |
| viceroy | person sent by the king to rule in his place |
| mestizo | children whose parents were Spanish and Native American |
| hacienda | huge land areas owned by the Spanish colonists |
| mission | church settlement |
| presidio | forts |
| charter | official document that gave the companies the right to settle in North America |
| invest | give money to |
| stock | own part of the company |
| indentured servant | people who worked for a number of years in return for the trip to America |
| Puritan | people who had problems with the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | people who traveled to a holy place |
| Separatist | small group of Purtians--wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| missionary | travels to do religious work |
| pelt | animal skin with fur |
| patroon | wealthy man who could afford to bring people and supplies to settlements |
| religious persecution | could not practice religion as they wanted to |
| primary source | book or map that was written at that time period |
