Chapter 19 Flashcards
Why did Rio de Janeiro become the capital of brazil?
Closer to gold mines
How did competition damage the economic position of brazil?
it increased price in slaves
Upon what did the social hierarchy in America develop?
Racial origins
Which Spanish dynasty tried to institute reforms in the American colonies during the 1700s?
Bourbon dynasty
What were the American colonies of Spain and Portugal experiencing by the mid 1700s?
Population growth & increase in productive capacity
Who was the leader of the Indian revolution in Peru in 1781?
Tupac Amaru
Why were the colonial revolutions against Spanish and Portuguese rule unsuccessful?
Various racial groups couldn’t work together
What were encomiendas?
Grant of Amerindian as labor to individual spaniards
What did the treaty of tordesilles do?
Divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal
What group made up the majority of the government administration in the Spanish colonies?
Lawyers
Which colony was the first major plantation zone in the Americas?
Brazil
What are the differences between the location of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies?
Spain almost exclusively in the Americas, Portugal had brazil Africa & Asia
Which Spanish conqueror led the conquest of Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
As land freed up due to the death of Amerindians, what did the Europeans bring to fill up the land?
Livestock (animals)
Why did the Spanish crown discontinue the encomienda system?
They feared a new noble class
