Test Flashcards
Dweller
Someone who dwells in a particular place
Cimarron
Fugitive slave (maroon)
Punitive expedition
Of military assault with the purpose of punishing a country or group of people
River bed
The channel through which a river flows, The ground on the bottom of the river
Substance farming
Growing just enough food to feed immediate family
Agrarian
Related to farmers and farming
Bozal
A slave who has recently arrived in a country, directly from Africa
Islet
A small island
Plantation
A large farm especially in the tropics or subtropics devoted primarily to a single crop such as sugarcane and cotton
Corsair
Pirate… Argh me MATIES!!!
Magistrate
The spaniards king has a viceroy Who lived in santo Domingo, the highest authority in PR was the “alcalde mayor” or magistrate
1st governor
Juan Ponce de Leon
Diego Colon
Viceroy, lived in alcazande de colon (st. Dom.)
Diego Colon removed Juan Ponce de Leon and appointed…
Juan Ceron as magistrate and Miguel Diaz as alguacil mayor
1510
The king gives the Ponce his title back
PR’s natural resources
Good and Taino labor
16th century
Mining gold in riverbeds, and in Savannas or plains near the river
Rivers that produced gold
Northern coast:
- Rio Grande de Loiza
- La plata
- cibuco
- streams flowing from la sierra to Luquillo
Not all farmers were encomenderos, some were…
Supervisor and foremen
Mining workers were organized into crews:
- digs
- wash the gravel
- separate the gold
- Carry gold to collection areas
- melt/mold
- send to Spain
1/3 workers were…
Women