History 101 Ch. 1
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
