History 101 Ch. 1

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Bartolome de Las Casas

Dominican priest who wanted laws against Spanish abuses of Indians

Christopher Columbus

Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492

matrilineal

society centered on the mother's family

Black Legend

the image of Spain as a uniquely brutal and exploitative colonizer

Samuel de Champlain

founded Quebec

hacienda

large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlord

Adam Smith

British economist who wrote Wealth of Nations

Hernan Cortes

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

New Laws

Spanish reform measures against Indians

coverture

a married woman surrendering her legal identity

Johannes Gutenberg

developed movable-type printing press

John Cabot

first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497

mestizos

persons of mixed Spanish and Indian origin

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

settled Florida

Amerigo Vespucci

reason America is called America

reconquista

reconquest of Spain from the Moors

Vasco de Gama

sailed around Southern Africa and into the Indian ocean

mound builders

ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley region

half-freedom

annual fee to West-India company

Pedro Cabral

claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500

Great League of Peace

confederation of five Iroquois tribes

Zheng He

led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s

criollos

persons born in Spanish colonies of European ancestry

Columbian Exchange

transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between New and Old worlds

Pueblo Revolt

uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain


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