Latin America Flashcards
Enlightenment
Universal rights
Bourbon reforms
(1750-1780)
To improve economy and strengthen Spain empire
Haitian revolution
1789-1808
Slavery uprising
National uprising
French Revolution
(1789-1798)
France broke and they hate monarchy
Napoleon helps then Louisiana purchase
Reconquiesta
Christian campaign to recapture Spain and Portugal
Christian / Catholic Spain. This belief that war was justified because of religious conflict will shape Spanish and Portuguese policies of conquest and conversion in the Americas. It will also be used as justification for Spanish expansion into the Italian city state of Naples and expand control of the Mediterranean.
Encomienda
A grant of indigenous labor given to a Spanish title holder from the Crown as a reward for services rendered.
Spanish labor system that forced indigenous people to work for Spanish colonists in exchange for protection
Adelantado
title for Spanish nobles and conquistadors
Monopoly
single entity controls the supply of a product or service, allowing them to set prices and limit competition
Contraband
Goods exported or imported illegally
Corruption
dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one’s gain.
Treaty of Tordesillas
was an agreement between the monarchs of Spain and Portugal to divide the world between them into two spheres of influence
Habsburgs
German royal family that ruled over a vast empire in Europe from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. They were also known as the House of Austria
Silver
Produced by Mexico
Sugar
Brazil produces the most
Asiento
gave merchants the right to supply slaves to Spanish colonies in the Americas
Tupac
leader of the largest uprising in colonial Spanish-American history
Overthrow Spanish colonies rule in Peru
Columbia’s exchange
exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.
