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AP World History Summerville High School

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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile   monarchs of Christian kingdoms; their marriage created the kingdom of Spain; initiated exploration of the New World.  
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Hispaniola   first island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards; first settled by Columbus on his second voyage.  
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encomienda   grant of Indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Latin America; basis for earliest forms of coerced labor in Spanish colonies.  
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encomendero   the holder of a grant of Indians who were required to pay tribute or provide labor; responsible for their integration into the church.  
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Bartolomé de las Casas   Dominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Native American population, opposed forced labor, and advocated Indian rights.  
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Hernán Cortés   led expedition to Mexico in 1519; defeated Aztec empire and established Spanish colonial rule.  
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Moctezuma II   last independent Aztec ruler; killed during Cortés’s conquest.  
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Mexico City   capital of New Spain; built on ruins of Tenochtitlan.  
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New Spain   Spanish colonial possessions in Mesoamerica in territories once part of Aztec imperial system.  
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Francisco Vácquez de Coronado   led Spanish expedition into the southwestern United States in search of gold.  
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Pedro de Valdivia   Spanish conqueror of Araucanian Indians of Chile; established city of Santiago in 1541.  
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mita   forced labor system replacing Indian slaves and encomienda workers; used to mobilize labor for mines and other projects.  
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Potosí   largest New World silver mine; located in Bolivia.  
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Huancavelica   greatest mercury deposit in South America; used in American silver production.  
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haciendas   rural agricultural and herding estates; produced goods for consumers in America; basis for wealth and power of the local aristocracy.  
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consulado   merchant guild of Seville with a virtual monopoly over goods shipped to Spanish America; handled much of the silver shipped in return.  
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galleons   large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis of convoy system used for transportation of bullion.  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   concluded in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession; in the New World, Brazil went to Portugal and the rest to Spain.  
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letrados   university-trained lawyers from Spain; basic personnel of the Spanish colonial bureaucratic system.  
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Recopilación   body of laws collected in 1681 for Spanish New World possessions; bases of law in the Indies.  
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Council of the Indies   Spanish government body that issued all laws and advised king on all issues dealing with the New World colonies.  
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viceroyalties   major divisions of Spanish New World colonies headed by direct representatives of the king; one based in Lima, the other in Mexico City.  
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viceroys   senior government officials in Spanish America; ruled as direct representatives of the king over the principal administrative units or viceroyalties.  
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audiencia   royal courts of appeals established in Spanish New World colonies; staffed by professional magistrates who made and applied laws.  
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz   17th-century author, poet, and musician of New Spain; gave up secular concerns to concentrate on spiritual matters.  
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Pedro Alvares Cabral   Portuguese leader of an expedition to India; landed in Brazil in 1500.  
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captaincies   areas along the Brazilian coast granted to Portuguese nobles for colonial development.  
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Paulistas   backwoodsmen from São Paulo, Brazil; penetrated Brazilian interior in search of precious metals during the 17th century.  
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Minas Gerais   Brazilian region where gold was discovered in 1695; a gold rush followed.  
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Rio de Janeiro   Brazilian port used for mines of Minas Gerais; became capital in 1763.  
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sociedad de castas   Spanish American social system based on racial origins; Europeans on top, mixed races in the middle, Indians and African slaves at the bottom.  
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peninsulares   Spanish-born residents of the New World.  
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Creoles   people of European ancestry born in Spanish New World colonies; dominated local economies; ranked socially below peninsulares.  
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amigos del país   clubs and associations dedicated to reform in Spanish colonies; flourished during the 18th century; called for material improvement rather than political reform.  
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War of the Spanish Succession   (1702–1713); wide-ranging war fought between European nations; resulted in the installation of Philip of Anjou as king of Spain.  
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Charles III   Spanish monarch (1759–1788); instituted fiscal, administrative, and military reforms in Spain and its empire.  
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José de Galvez   Spanish Minister of the Indies and chief architect of colonial reform; moved to eliminate creoles from the upper colonial bureaucracy; created intendants for local government.  
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Marquis of Pombal   Prime Minister of Portugal (1755–1776); strengthened royal authority in Brazil, expelled the Jesuits, enacted fiscal reforms, and established monopoly companies to stimulate the colonial economy.  
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Comunero Revolt   a popular revolt against Spanish rule in New Granada in 1781; suppressed as a result of government concessions and divisions among rebels.  
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Tupac Amaru II   Mestizo leader of Indian revolt in Peru; supported by many in the lower social classes; revolt failed because of Creole fears of real social revolution.  
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