The exchange of plants, animals, diseases and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

Bartolomé de Las Casas

First bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. Major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 (limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor for them.)

Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America.

A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. Provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians.

In colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas, the term is used to describe all non-native peoples.

Used by Spanish Authorities to describe someone of mixed Amerindian & European descent.

Used in Spanish & Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African & European descent.

A migrant to British colonies in the americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years.

Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618

Group of English Protestants dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.

English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined should to heaven or hell before birth. Founded the Massachusetts bay Colony in 1629.

An alliance of 5 northeastern Amerindian peoples that made decisions on military & diplomatic issues through council of representatives. Allied 1st w/ the Dutch & later with the English, the Confederacy dominated the area from western NE to Great Lakes.

French colony in North American, with a capital in Quebec founded in 1608. New France fell to the British in 1760.

French fur traders, many of mixed Amerindian heritage, who loved among and often married with Amerindian people of North America.

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LD AP World II Ch 17

LD AP World II Chapter 17 - Terms

Term	Definition
Columbian Exchange	The exchange of plants, animals, diseases and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
Bartolomé de Las Casas	First bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. Major achievement was the New Laws of 1542 (limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor for them.)
Potosi	Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America.
Encomienda	A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. Provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians.
Creoles	In colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas, the term is used to describe all non-native peoples.
Mestizo	Used by Spanish Authorities to describe someone of mixed Amerindian & European descent.
Mulatto	Used in Spanish & Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African & European descent.
Indentured servant	A migrant to British colonies in the americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years.
House of Burgesses	Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618
Pilgrims	Group of English Protestants dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.
Puritans	English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined should to heaven or hell before birth. Founded the Massachusetts bay Colony in 1629.
Iroquois Confederacy	An alliance of 5 northeastern Amerindian peoples that made decisions on military & diplomatic issues through council of representatives. Allied 1st w/ the Dutch & later with the English, the Confederacy dominated the area from western NE to Great Lakes.
New France	French colony in North American, with a capital in Quebec founded in 1608. New France fell to the British in 1760.
Coureurs de bois	French fur traders, many of mixed Amerindian heritage, who loved among and often married with Amerindian people of North America.
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