Exploration and Colonization Vocab

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Conquistadors

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Spanish explorers/soldiers who conquered the native people of Mexico and Peru.

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Race-based slavery

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The treatment of people as property for the purpose of forcing them to do labor based on their specific race.

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Anglican

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Protestant denomination of Christianity in England AKA 'The Church of England.'

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Colony

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A new settlement or territory established by and governed (ruled) by a country in another land.

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Missionaries

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People who travel to a region or territory in order to make converts to their religion.

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Trappers

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Adventurers who capture and kill animals, such as beavers, for their fur.

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Jamestown

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The first successful ENGLISH colony in Virginia.

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Town Meetings

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Meeting in colonial New England during which settlers discussed and voted on issues; form of direct democracy in which residents meet to make decisions for the community.

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Northwest Passage

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A supposed route through the north and west part of North America that European explorers believed was a route through to Asia. There was no such route, but the French and English found land to settle and claim in North America instead.

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Pilgrim

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Anyone who makes a religious journey.