Chapter 3 - A Meeting of Cultures Flashcards
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encomienda
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• Granted a Spanish settler some Indian workers who would pay tribute in goods and labor.
2
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repartimiento
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- In Spanish colonies,
* Assignment of Indian workers to labor on public works projects.
3
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Beaver Wars
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- Series of conflicts.
- Iroquois vs. Hurons+French.
- Concerned control of fur trade in the east and the Great Lakes region.
4
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King Philip’s War
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- Conflict.
- In New England.
- Wampanoags, Narragansetts, and other Indians vs. English settlers.
- Concerned English claims on Indian territory.
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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- Conflict.
- In Virginia.
- 1675-1676.
- Initially concerned settlers’ shrinking economic opportunities and their subsequent alleviation of these problems via abuse of Indians.
- Rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon concerning the governance of Virginia.
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Pueblo Revolt
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- Conflict.
- 1680.
- In New Mexico.
- Pueblo Indians vs. New Spain.
- Concerned Spain’s excessive demand of tribute from the natives and religious conflicts.
7
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Middle Passage
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• Voyage between West Africa and the New World slave colonies.
8
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Stono Rebellion
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- Conflict.
- 1739.
- In South Carolina.
- Concerned the liberation of slaves—slave uprising, and Spain’s promise of freedom to slaves fleeing to Florida.
9
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redemptioner
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- Similar to indentured servitude.
* Redemptioner signed their labor contract in America rather than Europe.
