Vocabulary
Plantation
Large estate farmed by workers
Who were the highest class of settlers?
Peninsulares
Who had the better military equipment? Inca, Aztecs, or Spain
Spain
What religion did the Spanish spread to the Natives?
Christianity
The Aztecs and Incas relied on what as their military equipment?
Bows and Arrow, Clubs, and Spears
Presidios
Forts (Where soldiers lived)
Who are Mestizos children of?
One Spanish parent and one Indian parent
Why did the conquistadors come to the new land?
To serve God, the King, and also to get rich
Why did the king take away the authority of governing the new land from them?
They were poor rulers
Who was brought over to replace Indian Slaves?
Africans
Pueblos
Towns (were centers of farm and trade)
Who owned the farms and ranches?
Creoles
Why were so many Indians dying?
Diseases brought by Europeans (Spanish)
At first Spain let conquistadors do what with the land they conquered?
Govern it
Pizzaro controlled much of which empire?
Inca
Mission
Settlements run by catholic priests and friars whose goals was to convert Indians to Christanity.
What was the largest class?
Mestizos
How much of their earnings went back to the king?
1/5
Settlements provided bases from which expeditions could set out in search of...
Gold
Who was the Aztec Emperor?
Moctezuma
Conquistador
Conquer
When did the government pass laws prohibiting the enslavement of American Indians?
1540's
Who began to capture and enslave people and sell them to Europeans?
Africans
Where was the first presidio?
St. Augustine, FL