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22 Cards in this Set
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Highest social class in Spanish colonies; born on Iberian peninsula (Spain); had all the power and most of the wealth
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PENINSULARES
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Children of the peninsulares but born in America; had money but not power
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CRIOLLOS/CREOLES
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New ethnic group created by mixing Native American with Spanish
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MESTIZOS
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New ethnic group created by mixing African with Spanish
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MULATTOS
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The governor of the Spanish colony
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VICEROY
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Peninsulares sent by the monarch to spy on the viceroy
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AUDIENCIA
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Economic system in which colony gives raw materials to mother country and mother country sells back manufactured goods to the colony
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MERCANTILISM
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A person who converts others to their religion
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MISSIONARY
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Spanish missionary who protected the Native Americans because they had converted to Christianity
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BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS
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Economic system in which Native Americans are forced to work for the Spanish colonists
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ENCOMIENDA
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Economic system in which Native American are forced to work for the Spanish colonists for PART of the year
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REPARTIMIENTO
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Independence leader of Haiti
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TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
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Island which contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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HISPANIOLA
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First Latin American country to achieve independence
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HAITI
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Known as the "Liberator", this criollo freed northern South America from Spanish rule
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SIMON BOLIVAR
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Criollo priest who led independence rebellin of mestizos and Native Americans in Mexico
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MIGUEL HIDALGO (JOSE MORELOS)
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Portugues colony in Latin America which basically asked for independence and received it
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BRAZIL
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Known as the "Knight of the Andes", this criollo freed southern South America from Spanish rule
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JOSE DE SAN MARTIN
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Rule by a select few - in Latin America's case the Catholic Church, the military and landowners
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OLIGARCHY
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When people feel more loyalty to their local area than to their nation; usually caused by geographic barriers
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REGIONALISM
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Term for a Latin American dictator
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CAUDILLO
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Attempt by Simon Bolivar to create a democratic country in northern South America; failed due to uneducated citizens and geographic barriers
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GRAN COLOMBIA
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