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Spanish soldiers that explored the Americas and claimed land for Spain
conquistador
Italian sailor who explored what is now the Americas
Amerigo Vespucci
Large farm or estate
Hacienda
To sent aboard for trade or sale
Export
Runnaway and/or fugitive slave
Maroon
Conquistador who brought Aztecs to ruin
Hernando Cortes
Conquistador who Defeated the Incas
Francisco Pizzaro
settlement created by the Spanish in church in order to convert Natives Americans to christianity
mission
Practice of one person being owned by another
Slavery
Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia
Christopher Columbus
Person sent from church to convert native Americans to Christianity
missionary
Spaniard who fought for the Native Americans right
Bartalome de Las Casas
middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought captured Africans the Americas to serve as slaves
middle passage
1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the land in the west hemispher
Treaty of Tordesillas
People or nations involved in a pact or treaty
Alliance
Transfer of plant animals and disseace between the western and eastern hemisphere
Columbian Enchange
Law passed to regulate the treatment of slaves
Slave code
econmic system that increased money in a country's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade
mercantilism
Grant of native Americans slave labor
Encomienda
Large farm that raises cash crops
Plantation
Belief that are inferior because of their race
Racism