Week of August 5

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Vocabulary

Religious Persecution: The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or lack thereof

Mayflower Pact: An agreement signed by every male passenger to establish order and majority rule among the new colony

Mestizos: Off-spring as a result of relationships between the Spaniards and Indians.

Urban: Communities consisting of gridded streets, with town halls and a church arranged around a central plaza

Presidio: Spanish fortress

Castas: Complex system of racial hierarchy

Coureurs de bois: Runner of the woods (French fur trader)

Metis:French equivelent of Spanish Mestizos

Europeans Establish Colonies

Jamestown

first European colony in the Americas

established in 1607

in Virginia today

Spain's Empire in the Americas

expansion into Caribbean and Americas

lands were rich in gold and silver

Spanish explorers sought riches for Spain and themselves

God, glory, and gold

Spanish Explorers of the Americas

Hernan Cortes: destroyer of the AZTEC Empire.

Francisco do Coronado: searched what is now the American Southwest in search of Cibola, one of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Hernando de Soto: explored present day Florida. Founded the colonial city of Saint Augustine.

Protecting Spain's Interest

Florida

New Mexico

French Interest in America

Northwest Passage

Fur Trade

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The Colonies

New England

Middle

Southern

New England

Maine and New Hampshire (1638)

Massachusetts (1630)

Connecticut (1636)

Rhode Island (1636)

Middle

Vermont and New York (1626)

Pennsylvania (1682)

New Jersey (1664)

Delaware (1638)

Southern

Maryland (1633)

Virginia and West Virginia (1607)

North Carolina (1653)

South Carolina (1663)

Georgia (1732)