Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Settling the Colonies in North America

1. a system that gives Spanish settlers the right to take land and control local American Indians on that land.

• encomienda
• viceroy
• class system
• missionary
• royal charter

2. a person who is sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion

• missionary
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• royal charter

3. having a connection to the church of England

• Anglican
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

4. a person who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for food, clothing, and shelter, and the promise of land

• indentured servant
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

5. crops that are sold instead of being used by a farmer

• cash crop
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

6. a person elected to act for others

• representative
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

7. the first representative legislative body that was established in the colony of Virginia

• House of Burgesses
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

8. a document from a king or queen that gave permission to set up and govern a colony

• royal charter
• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary

9. a method of ranking people, often by race, power, or wealth

• class system
• viceroy
• encomienda
• missionary
• royal charter

10. someone sent by a king or queen to rule a colony

• viceroy
• encomienda
• class system
• missionary
• royal charter