Ch. 3Settlements Take Root

monarchs• Rulers, kings,

queens, ect.

encomienda

• A grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans

Class structure

• A system for ranking people, often according to power of wealth

missionary

• Someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion

investor

• A person who gives money to a business hoping to earn more money in return

Cash crop

• A crop raised to sell• Not for use by

the people who farm it

House of Burgesses

• A special legislative body (government)

• set up by the Virginia Company for the colonists to govern themselves

• In England a burgess represented a town

representatives

• People chosen by voters to speak and act for them

pilgrim

• A person who goes on a religious journey

Mayflower Compact

• An agreement to explain how the Pilgrims would govern themselves• A promise to work

together

Indentured servant

• Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time

• They would get food, clothing and shelter

• They would work between a few months and 10 years

• At the end of the agreement the servant is free

Puritans

• People who left England so that they could practice religion freely.

Northwest Passage

• A shortcut by water across North America to Asia

commerce

• The business of buying and selling goods