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286294175Columbian Exchangetransfer of peoples, plants, animals and diseases between Old and New Worlds.0
286294176Council of the IndiesCreated in Spain, 1524, to supervise government, ecclesiastical and commercial activity in the colonies. Power was limited by geography and technology.1
286294177Bartolomé de Las CasasPriest in Hispaniola, 1474-1566. Tried to protect Amerindians thgough books and the New Laws of 1542 that banned slavery/limited forced labor.2
286294178Potosísingle richest silve deposit in 1545, in current-day Bolivia.3
286294179encomiendasystem of forced labor where Amerindian peoples were forced to work for settlers and provide them with textiles, food, or other goods.4
286294180creoleswhites born in America to European parents. They ranked lower on the social scale, controling colonial agriculture and mining.5
286294181mulattospeople with mixed European and African descent6
286294182mestizospeople with mixed European and Amerindian descent7
286294183indentured servantsEnglish practice. Same ethnicity as free settlers, paid for passage with 4-7 years of work. 80% of people used this.8
286294184House of BurgessesVirginia town representatives meet in the beginning of democratic representation.9
286294185PilgrimsCame first to America and wanted to break completely with the Church of England. Failed Plymouth expierement to establish church community.10
286294186Puritanswanted to purify the Church of England, not break. Recieved a company charter.11
286294187Iroquois ConfederacyAlliance of Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. Dutch traded with them12
286294188New FranceFounded by Samuel de Champlain. at Quebec on banks of St. Lawerence River in 1608.13
286294189coureurs de bois"runners of the woods", young Frenchmen sent to learn for fur trade. Children were métis14
286294190Tupac Amaru IIPeruvian Amerindian well connected in the Spanish colonial world. Revolted, death of 100,000.15
286294191Royal African Companyassociation of English investors, 1672, with a charter giving them exclusive trade rights to trade in Africa. Slaves, ivory and other products.16
286294192Atlantic systemSystem that moved goods and wealth, peoples and cultures around the Atlantic. The slave trade and plantation slavery were crucial.17
286294193chartered companiesCreated to promote national claims w/out expense. Groups of private investors got monopolies over trade for annual fees.18
286294194Dutch West India CompanyCompany created to carry Dutch fight for independence from Spain overseas. It was part of the navy and a private trading company with large dividends.19
286294195plantocracyplantation colony structure where small number of very rich owned most, few estate managers and govt. officials, maybe small farmers, and then slaves.20
286294196driverprivileged male slave who got gang to complete it's work.21
286294197seasoningperiod of adjustment to a new environment where 1/3rd of slaves died22
286294198manumissionlegal grant of freedom to one slave. Created large free black communities where owners would free impregnated slaves.23
286294199maroonsescaped black slave communities. Jamaica's signed treaties allowing their freedom in return for supressing slave revolts.24
286294200capitalismsystem of large banks, stock exchanges and chartered trading companies that reduced investors risks and increased profit.25
286294201mercantilismpolicy to accumilate capitol with precious metals. Armed force when necessary. Chartered companies came from this.26
286294202Atlantic Circuitclockwise network of sea routes at heart of the Atlantic System. Europe, to Africa, to Americas, to Europe.27
286294203Middle Passagesecond leg of Atlantic system that transported slaves to the Americas28
286294204SonghaiEmpire of West Africa from Mali that was pushing into South. Defeat by smaller Morocco using guns.29
286294205Hausatrading cities in central Sudan that got caravans with textiles, hardware and weapons. Sent back gold, slaves and caffeine-rich kola nut, cotton textiles and leather goods.30
286294206Bornucentral Sudanese kingdom that grew from guns and horses.31

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