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chapter 3 history
New empires in in the Americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Council of the Indies | Formed to govern the Americas from Spain - it wrote laws, selected officials, and judged legal cases |
| Hernando Desoto | fought with pizzarro in peru, led the conquestadors North looking for gold |
| Peter Minuit | Bought manhatten island from the Local American Indians, founded New Amsterdam |
| Bartolome do Las Casa | He was a encomendero who became a priest, He protested the encomerdero sytem and defended American Indians. |
| Ponce de Leon | Went to Florida in search of the Fountain of youth |
| El Camino Real | "the Royal Road" it was built by Spanish settlers to connect scattered communities of new spain |
| Charter | A document giving permission to start a colony |
| Sea Dogs | Sailors who raided Spanish treasure ships |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conqured the inca empire and killed their leader |
| Conquistadores | Spanish soldier who led military expiditions in america |
| El Greco | A greek artist famous for his paintings |
| jacgues Cartier | `French explorer who sailed to North America in 1534 |
| Samuel de Champlain | Helped give france a claim to North America |
| Protestants | Protesters of the Catholic Church |
| Inca | An empire ruled by Atahaulpa |
| Vasqus de Coronado | captured the Zuni colony called cibolor |
| Junipero Serra | Missionary that wanted to spread Christianity to the indians |
| Pueblos | Served as military post and centers of studies |
| Missions | Build around a church and converted American Indians to Catholism |
| Presidios | Military forts |
| martin Luther | Catholic preist in Germany became well know for protesting the policies of the catholic church |
| Malintzin | American indian woman who served as a interpreture |
| Montreal | became the center for the fur trade |
| TENOCHTITLAN AND CORTES | cortez invaided tenochititlan in 1519 |
| American Indian labor in new spain | American Indians would trade furs |
| KING HENERY VIIII AND THE ANGELIC CHURCH | King Henery founded the angelic church |
| Spanish Armada | Fleet of ships sent to invade england |
| French explorers and American Indians | The would trade furs for jewelry and tools |