Vocabulary
Who is at the top of the Spanish society in America?
Penninsulares
Why were the Penninsulares at the top of the social hierarchy?
They were from Spain
What modern-day country did the Portuguese start their colony in?
Brazil
What 3 continents were part of the Triangle Trade
Europe, Africa, America
Which treaty split the Spanish and Portuguese colonies?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What goods did the Spanish export from their colony?
Sugar and Gold
What goods did the Portuguese export from their colony?
Brazilwood
What is the name of the Journey from Africa to America?
What is the legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the Indigenous population
Who condemned the encomienda system?
Bartolome De Las Casas
Treaty of Tordesillas
What were the main crops cultivated on plantations and how were they connected to the trade?
Cotton and tobacco for export and profit
What are the representatives who ruled for the king
Who granted encomiendas to Spanish colonists?
Spanish King
Who wrote about their travels on the slave trade
Equiano
What is the name of the social class of people who had Spanish and Native American parents
Mestizos
What law attempted to regulate and reduce the abuses of the encomienda system?
New Laws of 1542
Why did the colonies start using African slaves in America?