encomienda system within a generation. This was not a definitive end to the exploitation of Indigenous people in the Spanish colonies, but it was an important step in addressing their oppression.
Catholicism: A Christian religion that is led by the pope
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-day Massachusetts since pre-European contact. Today there are Pocasset communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Puritans: A group of English Protestants who left England for the New World to start their own settlements where religion would govern daily life
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black slaves or other slaves who were -born in the power of Christians, and who are Our subjects and natives of Our Kingdoms.
Isabella believes that if people of diverse religions are allowed in the colony, it will interfere with the conversion of Native
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Story: Marie-Josèphe Angélique
Use this object as a jumping-off point for a research project into the techniques, technologies, and cultural practices that enslaved people brought to the New World (i.e., music, religion, agricultural techniques
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, are in attendance. This suggests that the marriage between Pocahontas and John established a peaceful alliance between the two communities.
Christianity: The group of religions based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom
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The story of the first woman to make a journey to the Americas for scientific purposes and one of the leading entomologists of the Enlightenment. A companion art activity accompanies this resource.
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The story of an enslaved Native woman caught up in the Salem witch hysteria.
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The story of the wife of the governor of New Mexico, who was arrested by the Holy Office of the Inquisition.
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