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conquistador
one of the Spaniards who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and conqueror in the 16th century
encomienda
a system in which spanish authorities granted colonial landlords the service of Native Americans as forced laborers
mestizo
of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
joint-stock companies
businesses in which investors pull their wealth for a common purpose
Powhatan
a group of Native American peoples that lived in eastern Virginia at the time of the first English settlements there
headright system
the Virginia Company's policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler and to each family member who accompanied him
indentured servant
a person who has contracted to work for another for a limited time period, often in return for travel expenses, shelter and sustenance
royal colony
a colony under the direct control of the English monarch
Puritans
members of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic rituals and traditions in the Church of England
Separatist
a member of one of the Puritan groups that, denying the possability of reform within the Church of England, established their own independent congregations
Pequot War
a 1637 conflict in which the Pequot nation battled Connecticut colonists and their Narrangansett allies
King Philip's War
a conflict, in the years 1675-1676, between New England colonists and Native American groups allied undered the leadership of the Wampanoag chief Metacom
proprietor
an owner - particularly one granted ownership of, and full governing rights over, certain of the English colonies in North America
Quakers
members of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for its beliefs in 17th-century England