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8270882685Demographic Changes- High American death rate - Many diseases brought from Europe: small pox, measles, influenza... - Malaria spread0
8270893514Plants and animals to New World- wheat, olives, rice, bananas - Cattle, pigs, sheep, pests - Horses were greatest impact1
8270905634Plants and animals to old world- Maize, potatoes, beans, squash, peanuts, dyes, cotton, tobacco2
8270916615Spanish America State and Church- Viceroy positions - Heavy state taxes on colonies - Mass conversions of natives - Formations of universities - Church used as banks3
8270935996Batolome de Las CasasSpeaks out against forcing natives into labor4
8270945060Colonial Economics- Growth of Colonial cities - Silver mines were very profitable - Mercury amalgamation- method for extracting silver - Slavery rises- natives dying5
8270963029Society in Colonial Latin America- Wealthy creoles- born in European colonies - Ethnic divides - Native elites were able to communicate - Erosion of ethnic boundaries - More free blacks - Slave resistance more common - Mestizos and Mulatos6
8270979761English and French colonies in the south- Virginia company - Company settled in Jamestown - Indentured servants - John Smith steals food from natives - House of Burgesses7
8270991977New england- Pilgrims and puritans - escaping from religious execution - Massachusetts bay company - Family immigration - Poor agriculture-fur/timber/fish8
8271010227Middle Atlantic Region- Dutch west India company - Iroquois confederacy- powerful state alliance - English take over - Growth of Philadelphia9
8271025222French America- Fur trade - New France at Quebec - Courers de bois - Amerindian alliances - Firearms given to natives lead to animal depletion - Jesuits, missionaries - Population growth was slow10

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