Spanish Conquistadors
Spanish soldier-adventurer
What was a Conquistador?
The first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States
Who was Ponce de Leon?
Viewed by the Spanish as a source of labor
What were Native Americans?
The Spanish forced them to work in the gold and silver mines until their death toll continued to rise
Who were the Native Americans?
Spain had a rigid social system in their American colonies based on
What is birthplace and ethnic group?
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
Who was Hernando Cortes?
Spanish explorer in northern Florida who was in search for gold when he was attacked and enslaved by Native Americans
Who was Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
large farms worked by laborers who live on the property
What are plantations?
The year Spain brought 4,000 Africans to the Caribbean islands and forced them to work
What is 1517?
Top of the Spanish social structure, were Spanish colonists born in Spain
Who were the peninsulares?
Aztec leader who was taken hostage by the Spanish after offering them gold
Who was Montezuma?
Who was Estevanico?
Land grants by the Spanish government that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans
What was encomiendas?
By the mid 1500's, Spain was shipping about 2,000 enslaved Africans each year here alone
What is Hispaniola?
Colonists born with two Spanish parents
Who were the Creoles?
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas of Peru
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Who was Francisco Coronado?
Traveled throughout New Spain calling for reform of the encomienda system and the cruel treatment of Native Ameicans
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
What is the African Slave Trade?
Lower on the Spanish social structure were, people of Spanish and Indian heritage
Who were the Mestizos?
On his return Cortes destroyed Tenochtitlan and built the capital of the Spanish colony of New Spain
What is Mexico City?
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto never found golden cities but found this body of water
What is the Mississippi River?
Religious settlement run by Catholic priests to convert Native Americans to Christianity
What were missions?
The originally predominate crop grown on the plantations
What is sugar?
People of Spanish and African heritage
Who were the mulattos?