Unit 4 Last Flashcards
Engehos
Portuguese word for “engine” describing the horrific conditions enslaved people had to go through in plantations
Mercantilism
-The mother country sends people to a colony
-The mother country extracts raw resources from the colony
-The colony has to buy products made from their raw materials
Sugar Colonies
-Developed the first 24-hour work system
-Very lucrative
-Caused deforestation/soil degradation
Casta Paintings
-Depicted interracial relationships in New Spain
-Showed social mobility
-Made to convince people to move to New Spain
Mvemba a Nzinga
-Alfonso I of Kongo
-Mingled with the Portuguese
-Converted to Christianity
-Begrudingly was involved in the Atlantic slave trade
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
-No relation with Alfonso
-Defied the portuguese
-Not liked because she was a female ruler
-Converts and reverts religions
-Was sterilized (could not produce children)
-Killed the male waiting
Florida
-Owned by Spanish
-Important to Spain for strategic purposes
-Decided to help enslaved people from the British Colonies if they converted to Catholicism
-Slaves could be paid, making changes in social class
Stono Rebellion
-Started on the morning of Sunday (Church)
-Black people > White People (Population)
-Leader: Jemmy
-Led to slaves being killed or shipped to the Caribbean
Security act
White people needed to bring weapons to Church if they needed to protect themselves
Who was the leader of the Incas?
Atahualpa