Spanish Colonies
Brazil was colonized by this country.
What is Spain?
True or False: Ecuador is part of the Old World.
False, it is considered part of the New World.
What is England?
This French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
This nation began buying slaves in Africa and taking them to Europe as early as 1441.
What is Portugal?
This term describes Spanish rulers who answered to the Council of the Indies.
What are viceroys?
True or False: South American countries had more unrest after gaining independence than the United States did after its War for Independence.
True
True or False: Established churches within the colonies were not recognized by the colonies’ governments.
False, they were recognized by the colonies' governments.
This Portuguese nobleman once famously said, “Independence or death!”
Who is Pedro I?
This is the name given to the line that the pope used to differentiate the areas for Spanish and Portuguese exploration.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
True or False: Education thrived in Catholic colonies but received little emphasis in English colonies.
False
This bean-producing plant originated in Arabia and was later introduced to South America.
What is coffee?
The Pilgrims separated from this church.
What is the Church of England?
This French explorer discovered three large lakes, and became known as the Father of New France.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
This term describes a European country in relation to its colonies.
What is mother country?
Spain colonized a majority of this geographic area.
What is Latin America? (Central America, South America, and Mexico)
Name two important exports of colonial Latin America.
What are: silver and sugar?
Colonies of England offered the most ______ freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This Venezuelan knew many languages and liberated both Venezuela and Colombia.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This government reform promised protection for Indians as a result of Las Casas’s efforts to stop the ill-treatment of the Indians.
What are the New Laws of 1542?
List one reason for discontentment in the Spanish colonies.
What are: control by the mother country, teachings of English philosophers, or teachings of French philosophers?
The name of the agreement that determined where Spain and Portugal could explore and colonize.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
These two men turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony.
Who are John Smith and Sir Thomas Dale?
This Argentine leader from a prominent family liberated Chile and then Peru.
Who is José de San Martín?
This Catholic order became rich and established industries until they were expelled from South America.
Who are the Jesuits?