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23 Cards in this Set
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Immunity
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natural protection
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Alliance
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formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense
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Civil War
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war fought between 2 groups of people in the same nation
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Viceroys
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representative who ruled one of Spains provinces in the Americas in the king's name; one who governed in India in the name of the British Monarch
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Plantations
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large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there
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Encomiendas
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right the Spanish government granted to its American colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
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Peons
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worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt
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Peninsulares
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member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in the Americas
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Creoles
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person in Spain's colonies in the Americas who was an American born descendant of Spanish settlers
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Mestizos
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person in Spain;s colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent
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Mulattoes
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person of African and European descent
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Missionaries
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tried to convert natives to christianity
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Revenues
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tax on estates that are of nobility
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Compact
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a written agreement
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Triangular Trade
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a trade triangle with slaves for goods
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Repeal
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to revoke an act or law
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Monopoly
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one company controls 95% or more of one industry
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Inflation
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increase of cash flow, making money when its worth less
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Capitalism
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people try to get more money
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Entrepreneurs
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business people
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Joint Stock Company
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spread stocks to other people
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Mercantilism
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the act of selling to get gain
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Tariff
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tax on imported goods
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