Colonial Society
People born in Spain who held the highest positions in government and the Church.
Who are Peninsulares?
The University of Mexico was founded in this year.
What is 1551?
The two most valuable exports from Spanish America to Spain.
What are silver and gold?
The system that allowed conquistadors to deman labor or tribute from American Indians.
What is the encomienda system?
The introduction of this animal transformed the lives of many American Indians.
What is the horse?
American-born descendants of Spanish settlers.
Who were creoles?
The first college in the 13 English colonies, founded in 1636.
What is Harvard?
Spain's trade laws required colonies to buy only _____ goods.
What are Spanish goods?
The priest who condemned the abuses of the encomienda system.
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
The blending of African, Native American, and European traditions is known as _____.
What is cultural blending?
People of mixed Native American and European descent.
Who were mestizos?
This woman entered a convent to pursue edcation and became a famous poet.
Who was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?
Large estates where sugar cane was grown and processed.
What are plantations?
The laws passed in 1542 that forbade the enslavement and abuse of American Indians.
What are the New Laws of the Indies?
The Maya resisted Spanish rule in these two regions.
What are Mexico and Central America?
People of mixed African and european descent.
Who were mulattoes?
Women who wanted an education often entered these religious communities.
What are convents?
The Spanish king created this council to pass laws for the colonies.
What is the Council of the Indies?
Workers forced to labor for a landlord to pay off a debt.
Who were peons?
The Inca revolts continued long after the death of this leader.
Who was Atahualpa?
The advisory councils that helped viceroys rule in the colonies?
What were audiencias?
The blending of Native American, African, and European traditions created a culture _____ to the Americas.
What is distinct?
The representatives who ruled in the king's name in each province.
Who were viceroys?
The region in Peru and Bolivia where tons of silver were mined for Spain.
What is Potosi?
Spain's empire connected much of the world through these routes carrying goods, people, and ideas.
What are sea routes?