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| Slaves whose status was life-long and would be passes on to their children. |
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| Independent Spanish adventurers, instrumental in the exploration of the New World. |
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| Those of Spanish parebtage born in the New World. |
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| Large manors, or estates given as rewards to Spainsh conquistadores, with Indian slaves ruthlessly managed for thier benefit. |
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| An estate similar to the encomiendas, but somewhat milder. |
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| A person whose passage to the New World was paid by an American planter or company in exchange for several years of labor. |
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| A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, with water on two side. |
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| A company which raises capital by the sale of shares of sock. |
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| A contract drawn up on board the Mayflower to lay the basses for governing Plymouth Colony. |
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| An economic system based on the belief that the world wealth was finite, and therefore where each nation strove to export more than it imported in order to receive gold and silver which would make the nation strong both militarily and economically. |
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| An economic system based on the belief that the world wealth was finite, and therefore where each nation strove to export more than it imported in order to receive gold and silver which would make the nation strong both militarily and economically. |
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| A ruler, such as a king or queen, who serves as head of state, and whose term of office is for life. |
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| A route to the Orient through or around the Norht American continent. |
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| Old Lights rejected the religious enthusiasm of the Great Awakening; New Lights accepted it. |
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| A large landholder in New Netherlands(New York) who had at least 50 tenant farmers working on his land. |
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| Natives of Spain in the New World. |
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| Germans who settled in Pennsylvania. |
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| A colony which was owned by an individual, rather than a company. |
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| Calvinsts who hoped to reform the Church of England. |
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| English Protestants who did believe the Chruch of England could be saved. |
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| Treaty to divide the non-European world between Spian and Portugal. |
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