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APUSH Spanish America

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Why did Columbus begin trade?
New trade routes
What did people believe about the Earth's circumference that is different from todaY?
they thought the Earth was smaller in circumference
What was Columbus looking for a route to?
East Indies
What is the traditional Euro-American view of Columbus? (2 Things)
-Discovery
-Spread of European culture and religion
What is the Native American view of Columbus?
Genocide
The exchange of culture, ideas, goods, and diseases from the old and new worlds: livestock, crops, disease.
Columbian Exchange
What was the treaty that settled the land between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesalles
When was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
1494
On what side of the Treaty of Tordesillas line did spain get land?
west
What is another word for the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Line of Demarcation
What group of people participated in the Iberian Conquest?
Conquistadors
Why were the Conquistadores successful (3)
-Disease
-Strife
-Luck
What disease killed whom in the Inca?
Smallpox killed Capac, the Incan ruler
What strife occurred on Inca lines?
sons are fighting for control of the Incan empire
What was a main justification for conquest?
-Vilifying the "Other" as "Savages", and saying they need help
-What ideas of civilization did the Spanish impose? Religion
What does encomienda mena?
forced labor
What was the system of government in the Spanish colonies?
Feudalism- where the crown owns the land, but local leaders ruled
Who actually ruled in the Spanish colonies?
Peninsulares
What raw material was made in Spanish colonies, and who got a portion of the material?
Silver, the crown
Did the Spanish have religious authority over the natives?
Yes- Christianize
What was the hierarchy in Spanish colonial America?
1. Peninsulares
2. Creoles
3. Mestizoes
4. Native American Indians
4. Enslaved Persons
Peninsulares
Spaniards born in Spain
Creoles
Born in New Spain of Spanish parents
Mestizoes
Born of Spanish and Native parents
Who denounced treatment of natives?
Bartholomew de las Casas
What were the three options of Native Americans?
Fight, flee, join
When was the Pueblo Revolt?
1680
Since when had the Spanish occupied the Pueblo people?
1590s
How did religion contribute to tensions in the Pueblo people?
-The Native Americans refused to fully convert
Did the Pueblo people let the Native Americans not convert?
no, they intimidated and committed violence against them
Who was the religious leader in the Pueblos and what was he arrested for?
-Pope'
-sorcery
Who was the organizer for the Pueblo people's revolt?
Pope'
Who won, and how many Spanish fatalities and flees occurred?
Pueblo people won, 4oo killed+ 2,000 spanish fled
When did Spanish reconquer and how did their rule change?
1692, more tolerant rule
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