16th-century Spanish explorers, adventurers, and soldiers who led military expeditions into the Americas to conquer indigenous empires, secure vast territories for the Spanish Crown, and Acquire personal wealth

Bartolome De Las Casas

16th-century Spanish Dominican priest, missionary, and former conquistador, became a leading advocate for the rights of Native Americans, criticized the harsh cruelties of the encomienda system and urged the Spanish monarchy to adopt more humane

formal labor system established by the Spanish Crown in the Americas during the early 16th-century. Spanish monarch granted a specific number of Natives to Spanish colonists.

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Global commercial system that operated from the late 15th century to the 19th century involving the forced migration of millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

massive, widespread transfer of plants, animals, foods, human populations, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americans in 1492.

formal monopoly contract system operated by the Spanish Crown, crucial legal and financial mechanism that drove the transatlantic slave trade to Spanish colonies in the Americas.

16th-century religious, political, and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe

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Conquistadors	16th-century Spanish explorers, adventurers, and soldiers who led military expeditions into the Americas to conquer indigenous empires, secure vast territories for the Spanish Crown, and Acquire personal wealth
Bartolome De Las Casas	16th-century Spanish Dominican priest, missionary, and former conquistador, became a leading advocate for the rights of Native Americans, criticized the harsh cruelties of the encomienda system and urged the Spanish monarchy to adopt more humane
Encomienda System	formal labor system established by the Spanish Crown in the Americas during the early 16th-century. Spanish monarch granted a specific number of Natives to Spanish colonists.
Transatlantic Slave Trade	Global commercial system that operated from the late 15th century to the 19th century involving the forced migration of millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Columbian Exchange	massive, widespread transfer of plants, animals, foods, human populations, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americans in 1492.
Asiento System	formal monopoly contract system operated by the Spanish Crown, crucial legal and financial mechanism that drove the transatlantic slave trade to Spanish colonies in the Americas.
Maize	16th-century corn
Protestant Reform	16th-century religious, political, and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe

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