New World Pt 2
Spanish colonial class system set up in the New World
Encomienda system
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
process of empires taking over territory and setting up settlements there
colonization
the second leg of triangular trade that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas
Middle Passage
The exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Leader of the Aztecs when they were conquered
Moctezuma II
Ways people became slaves BEFORE the slave trade
Being captured in a war, Paying off a debt, or as a sentence for crimes
What Africa sent to the Americas in Triangular Trade
enslaved people
Person who ruled for the King in a Spanish colony
Viceroy
Conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
What the Americas sent to Europe in Triangular Trade
Raw Goods
What Europe sent to Africa in Triangular Trade
finished goods
-Enriching the 'mother' country
-Taking resources from colonized lands and sending wealth to colonizers
Mercantalism
Leader of the Incas at the time they were conquered
Atahualpa
Area in the New World the French Colonized
Area in the New World the British colonzied
East Coast of the U.S.
Reasons the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire
They had guns, germs, and steel and they formed alliances with neighboring enemies of the Aztecs
Capital city of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
ruler of Kongo, tried to convert subjects to Christianity to avoid slavery
Affonso I
Asante leader who captured rival Africans and sold them into slavery
Osei Tutu