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Conquest
Conquest Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tenochtitlan | the ancient Aztec Capital, now present day Mexico City |
| Encomienda's | The right of Spanish colonists to demand labor or tribute from the natives |
| Peons | Workers forced to labor for a landlord to pay off a debt |
| Conquistadors | Spanish Conquerors |
| Plantations | Large farming estates |
| Aztecs | Large Indian empire once in present day Mexico |
| Tianos | Natives in the West Indies that Columbus made first contact with |
| Audiencias | A lesser Spanish official who helped the Viceroy rule in Spanish provinces |
| Creoles | American born descendants of Spanish Descent |
| Mestizos | People of mixed Native American and Spanish Descent |
| New Spain | Most important of the five Spanish provinces in the Americas, present day Mexico |
| New Laws of the Indies | Ended enslavement of Native Americans in Spanish America |
| Peninsular | Spanish settlers who were born in Spain |
| Incas | Large Indian empire once in present day Peru |
| Viceroys | Representatives who ruled each Spanish province in Spanish America |
| Hispaniola | Present day Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and Puerto Rico |
| Council of the Indies | Group appointed by Spanish kin to pass laws for Spanish Provinces in America |
| Mulattos | people of Africa and European Descent |
| Malinche | Indian woman who served as Cortes' interpreter |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who conquered the great Aztec empire in Mexico |
| Atahualpa | Great Incan Emperor who was conquered by the Spanish |
| Quetzalcoatl | The great God - King of the Aztecs who was to return from the east. |
| Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish Conquistador who conquered the great Incan empire in Peru |
| Montezuma | Great Aztec emperor who was conquered by the Spanish |
| Bartholomew de las Casas | Catholic Priest who spoke out against treatment of natives in Spanish America |