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Encomenderos: Spanish settlers that used tainos as laborers. Encouraged Christianity
Encomiendas: recruitement of labors from the tainos |
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| 1518 small pox hit and encomenderos replaced dead tainos w/ new ones that were captured and kidnapped. Population went from 4million to a few thousand. |
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| Conquistadores: Cortes and pizarro |
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Cortes: conquered aztecs, in search of treaures/gold.
Pizarro: conquered inca and captured cuzco |
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| Spanish colonial administration (new Spain, new castile, viceroys, audiencias) |
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2 center of authority: new Spain (Mexico) new castile (Peru)
Viceroy: kings representatives
Audiencias: courts reviewing viceroys decisions |
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| Spanish social hierarchy (mestizo society) |
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Male domination
Spanish and Portuguese mixed w/native women and led to mixed society |
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| Silver and its global significance |
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Silver outweighed gold in quantity and value
Production concentrated on N. Mexico and Abreast Mts.
Mita system: draft labor to work in silver mines |
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Estate, stock raising, craft production
Production of hacienda were mostly of the European origin: wheat, grapes, cattle |
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| Portugese seeked help from Africa on sugar plantations in Brazil |
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| Sugar mills on Brazil were called Engenhos. Everything involved in the production of sugar was part of "Engenho" |
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| Hudson strait and bay were rich fur producing regions |
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Cash crop for Virginia and Carolina: tobacco
Exported 2,300 lbs. |
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| Indentured European servants (unemployed, orphans, criminals) worked in American colonies. Worked for about 4-7 years |
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| Slavery in the Caribbean and north America |
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English settlers in N. Africa used slaves.
Economies of colonies benefited from slavery |
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| dutch VOC authorized the voyages |
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| Also known as Guam island. Lays directly on route from acupoco to manilla. Spanish used it as a stop on the way to Manilla. |
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| Visited Hawaii on his way to Tahiti. Got along well with the islanders. Left when disease sprang up. Came back later and died because he was mistaken for a god that was going to cause trouble |
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| Port of Honolulu was home to European ships |
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