Ch.4 Key Terms (Lessons 1-3)

people of mixed races in Spanish colonial society

• criollos

• castas

• peninsulares

• mestizos

in Spanish colonial society, a pureblooded Spaniard born in the Americas

• criollos

• castas

• peninsulares

• mestizos

in Spanish colonial society, the offspring of Spaniards and Native Americans

• criollos

• castas

• peninsulares

• mestizos

in Spanish colonial society, pureblooded Spaniards born in Spain

• criollos

• castas

• peninsulares

• mestizos

the upper class, or wealthy class, in Spanish colonial society

• criollos

• peninsulares

• ricos

• castas

an informal grouping of people based on common characteristics, such as wealth, education, culture, and sometimes race

• social class

• slave codes

• Manifest Destiny

• assimilate

frequently changing

• cede

• annex

• unstable

• treason

to add or to join with

• unstable

• annex

• cede

• treason

to hand over

• annex

• ricos

• cede

• treason

the 19th century belief that it was the God-given right of the United States to own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• social class

• slave codes

• Manifest Destiny

• sectionalism