| A | B |
|---|
| famine | not enoough food |
| mission | sent by church to carry on religious work |
| mestizo | Spanish and Native American ancestry |
| presidio | fort |
| hacienda | estates for cattle ranching |
| vaquero | cowhand |
| Californio | citizens of California |
| aristocrat | people of the ruling class |
| joint-stock company | investing of money |
| charter | written document from the gov't to establish colonies |
| cash crop | growing crops for profit instead of own use |
| indentured servant | worked for the planter until debt was paid |
| Separatist | detach themselves from the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | religious travelers to a new land |
| Puritans | purify and simplify traditions of Church of England |
| taxes | money paid to the gov't in return for services |
