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16 Cards in this Set
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Line of Demarcation |
Spain and Portugal Rivalry. Line established by Pope Alexander VI decided what area could be explored by each country. |
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Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) |
Agreement between countries, establishing areas to be explored |
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Guiana was colonized by who? |
British and Dutch |
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Who were the Donatario? |
12 nobles, Portuguese |
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What established power among the people? |
Hereditary |
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The donatarios had the responsibility to ____ ? |
-Colonize -Tax -Defend -Send excess funds to Portugal |
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Name of the Portuguese ruler in the colony |
Donatario |
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Who are the Peninsulares? |
Spanish people born in Spain |
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Only ____ were allowed to hold most governmental positions |
Peninsulares (Spanish born people from Spain) |
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Spanish were allowed to enslave who? |
Canibal natives who attacked colonists. Believed most/all natives were cannibals and hostile. Many indians were enslaved. |
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Why were the New Laws of 1542 passed? |
-Passed due to effort of Bartolome' de las Casas -Set up court to protect natives and mestizos (natives that are spanish mix). |
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Who were the mestizos? |
Indian natives that were also a spanish mix. |
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What year did Portuguese vein to buy slaves from Africa? |
1441 |
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How many Africans were eventually enslaved in the new world? |
9 million |
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What are Barrios? |
Neighborhood of the poor usually located in the outskirts of cities (where the rich lived). Mainly comprised of free blacks, natives, and mestizos. |
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What are Haciendas? Where were they located and who owned them? |
They are large estates located in the country owned by rich business men. |
