social studies 5
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- religious persecution
- not being able to practice a religion as someone wants to
- viceroy
- a person sent by the king to rule in his place
- colony
- a settlement ruled by a distant country, called the "mother country"
- patroons
- wealthy men who could afford to bring people and supplies to settle the land
- presidios
- forts built by the Spanish
- pelt
- an animal skin with hair or fur still on it
- missionary
- someone who travels to do religious work
- haciendas
- huge land areas owned by the Spanish colonists
- Pilgrims
- people who travel to a holy place
- Puritans
- a group of people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England
- missions
- church settlements
- Separatists
- a group of Puritans who wanted to separate from the Church of England and start their own church
- mestizos
- children born of the Spanish and the Native Americans
- stock
- part of the company
- indentured servants
- people who worked for a certain number of years in return for the trip to America, and food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived
- charter
- an official document that gave the company the right to settle in North America
- invested
- gave money (to a company)