Chapter 1-2 Flashcards
Policy by Spanish government to give Indian slaves to colonists who promised to christianize them
Encomienda
The transfer of goods, crops, and diseases between New and Old world societies after 1492, initiated by Columbus
Colombian Exchange
People of Mixed Indians and European heritage, notably in Mexico
Mestizo
A social structure in which classes are determined by heredity, usually rigid
Caste System
A system of forced labor where laborers agreed to work without pay in exchange for passage to America
Indenture
A British custom where the firstborn inherits the family’s entire estate
Primogeniture
The act of bringing into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc. of a group/nation
Assimilation
A policy put into place in 1573 by Spanish leaders that used missionaries and missions to convert and control the New World instead of using violence
Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries
An Indian uprising that occurred in 1680, Pueblos against Spanish
Pope’s Rebellion
Groups of French Protestants (1560-1629)
Huguenots
Led a small Dutch military expedition in 1655 to fight Swedish intrusion in Delaware; directors-general
Peter Stuyvesant
Head of the Dominion of New England in 1686
Edmund Andros
Joint-stock company which formed Virginia as a profit-earning venture
Virginia Company
Colony founded in 1607 by Virginia Company
Jamestown
Indians near Jamestown
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