Vocabulary
People born in the Americas to Spanish parents
Creoles
What advantages enable the Spanish to to conquer the Aztecs?
Guns, swords, horses, Indian Allies, and smallpox
This disease helped Pizarro in his conquest of the Incas
Smallpox
Conquerors
Conquistadors
Attacked, imprisoned, or killed for beliefs
Persecution
What did the Spanish find in Mexico and South America that produced the greatest wealth for them?
Gold and silver mines
Other than gold and silver French adventurers were looking for
Fur
People who were part Spanish and part Indian
Mestizos
Group formed for a common purpose
League
What lesson did the English learn from the failures of their first American colonies?
It was too big of an undertaking for just one person
Many Spaniards considered it their duty to do this with the Indians
Convert them to Christianity
People born in Spain and living in the Spanish colonies
Peninsulares
Armed expeditions
Enradas
What kinds of relationships did the French and the Dutch establish with Indians and why?
Good relationship in hopes to establish trade
Two things lead to the demise of the first colony in Virginia, name them
Starvation and lack of supplies
Economic idea that calls for a country to sell more to the other countries than it buys from them
Wealthy Dutch landlords
Patroons
In what ways were the Spanish entradas into lands north of Mexico both a failure and success?
Did not produce gold or treasures. it did produce information about the borderlands and helped Spain claim a vast empire
Spain began to encourage settlements in the borderlands after what happened
Rival nations showed an interest
System in which the king granted certain colonists the right to Indian labor
Encomienda