Early Explorers
What is a conquistador?
a name for the Spanish explorers who claimed (took) lands in the Americas for Spain
What is a peninsulare?
Born in Spain. Owned land. Rich. Could work for church and government.
What is the difference between presidios and missions?
A presidios is a fort where soldiers lived. Missions were settlements where Catholics attempted converting Native People to Christianity.
What was one of the main reasons the transatlantic slave trade began?
Needed more workers
Native Americans were not allowed to be enslaved
What do Texas, California, and Florida all have in common?
they were all originally Spanish territories
Why did Cortes go to Mexico?
He heard there were many riches.
Native Americans and Enslaved People
What are Spanish towns that were formed around a plaza called?
Pueblos
What impact did the transatlantic slave trade have on the Americas?
It provided a new source of labor for plantations
It led to the forced migration of millions of Africans
It contributed to the growth of the colonial economy
Who was Hernando Cortes?
Conquistador. Went to Mexico in 1519. Overthrew Aztec Empire. Killed Moctezuma. Wanted Gold.
How did the Spanish defeated the Inca?
They had better weapons and Native people hesitated. (also they had horses)
What is the difference between a creole and a mestizo?
Creole people were Spanish descendent but born in America. Mestizos were people born from a Spanish parent and a Native American parent.
Why did the Pueblo revolt against the Spanish missionaries in New Mexico?
The Spanish did not tolerate the Pueblo Indians’ traditional religious practices.
Name one of the 3 reasons why Bartolome de las Casas suggested using enslaved Africans.
They were less likely to die from European diseases
They were used to hard farm work
They would suffer less than the Native Americans
How much wealth did the conquistadors promised to give Spain for permission to make settlements?
1/5
What were the three main reasons why Spanish explorers established colonies in the Americas?
God, glory, and gold
What is a peninsulare?
A person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony
How did the Spanish missions impact Native Americans?
the missions tried to convert the different tribes to Christianity
Where were many enslaved Africans highly valued and sent to work? Why?
Sugar Plantations; sugar needed a lot of land and labor
What was the Law of the Indies?
A set of laws that stated how colonies could be organized and ruled.
How did Cortez and his men win against the Aztecs?
Had aid of the people the Aztec had conquered, weapons, horses, they thought they may be gods, etc.
After Bartolome de Las Casa helped prohibit the enslavement of Native Americans, what happened to the Native Americans?
Sometimes they were still enslaved since
local officials (in New Spain) ignored laws protecting Native Peoples.
What are the two main things Bartolome de las Casas did?
Told Spanish government to not Enslave Native Americans
Encourage Africans be used as labor
Why did people in Africa start to capture and enslave people to sell to the Americas?
The Americas were buying more slaves to work the land since many Native Americans had died.
Why did the Spanish stop trying the colonize the North?
Their were too many Native American people to fight, many failed expeditions, and they wanted to focus on the South.