mayas test PPT Flashcards
What is religious syncretism
“the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief
Alonzo Davila
he renamed a deserted town “La Villa Real”
- the failed Spanish fleet
J. Eric Thompson
Informs us that “CHOL is the term applied to the Maya languages spoken at the time of Spanish conquest”
The Spanish carried out “reductions” on the Belize River up to Tipu
1615
Encomendero
a deputy charged by the crown with responsibility for the support of the indigenous people and their moral and religious welfare.
Logwood was known as
Dye-wood or Palo de tinte
Convention Vs treaty
convention- a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern.
Treaty- a FORMAL agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
Treaties and Convention
1670-Treaty of Madrid
1763-Treaty of Paris
1783- Treaty of Versailles
1786-Convention of London
British buccaneers and Miskito Mercenaries were selling Mayas as slaves
1701
_________ caused the British to travel further inland
Mahogany
The principal inhabitants lived at _______________
Saint George’s Cay
Who was shipwrecked and forced to live for several months with the cutters
1765
Captain Nathaniel Uring
Mahogany was valued for ___________and ___________________
furniture
railroad carriages
In 1787- Only those with _______________________were entitled to a mahogany work
4 able negro men slave or servants
1765-1766 resolutions to logwood were known as ____________
Location Laws
