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Period 2 (Part 1)
APUSH key vocab from period 2 that focus on she's about European Colonization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Encomienda system | A Spanish labour system established by the spanish crown that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples |
| Bartolomé de Las Casas | A Spanish missionary who was disgusted and outraged by the poor treatment of Native Americans especially the encomienda system. Advocated for the rights of Native America s to King Charles of Spain. |
| Repartimiento System | The encomienda system was replaced by repartimiento, in which the native workers were allotted directly to the Spanish monarchy rather than individual Spaniards in the colonies. |
| Viceroyalty of New Spain | A royal territory in the Spanish Empire formed soon after the invasion and conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521. |
| Viceroyalty of Peru | The southern portion of Spain's New World empire, consisting of Spanish holdings in South America and headquartered in Lima |
| Port Royal | The first permanent French settlements were Port Royal (1605), in what would later become Nova Scotia, and Quebec (1608), founded by Samuel de Champlain. |
| Métis | Intermarriage with American Indians was common in these far-flung French colonies. The children of these marriages were known as Métis—an old French word for “mixed” or “mixed-blood.” |
| The Treaty of Breda | The Dutch obtained control of the colony of Surinam. It was captured by a Dutch expedition and was transferred to the Dutch as part of the Treaty of Breda, following 2nd Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch formally relinquished control of New Amsterdam. |
| New Amsterdam | A settlement was established in 1624 on what is now Governor’s Island, in New York Harbor. Fort Amsterdam was soon built at the southern tip of Manhattan and a settlement was begun near the fort the following year. |
| King Charles II of England | Ascended the English throne and created a string of new settlements: The Restoration Colonies |
| James, the Duke of York | Advocated for toleration of Catholics and Protestant dissenters. Faced with opposition from the Anglican establishment. |
| Joint-stock Companies | A business owned by its investors, with each investor owning a share of the company based on the amount that they've invested. |
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