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| 114695836 | Bartolome de Las Casas | First bishop of Chiapas, In southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor for them. | 0 | |
| 114695837 | Council of the Indies | The institution responsible for supervising Spain's colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early 18th century, when it lost all but judicial responsibilities. | 1 | |
| 114695838 | Colombian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. | 2 | |
| 114695839 | creoles | The colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas, the term is used to describe all non-native peoples. | 3 | |
| 114695840 | coureurs de bois | (runners of the woods) French fur traders, many of mixed Amerindian heritage, who lived among and often married with Amerindian peoples of North America. | 4 | |
| 114695841 | encomienda | A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. | 5 | |
| 114695842 | House of Burgesses | Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618. | 6 | |
| 114695843 | Iroquois Confederacy | An alliance of five northeastern Amerindian peoples (six after 1722) that made decisions on military and diplomatic issues through a council of representatives. | 7 | |
| 114695844 | indentured servant | A migrant to British colonies in the Americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years. | 8 | |
| 114695845 | mestizo | The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed Amerindian and European descent. | 9 | |
| 114695846 | mulatto | The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent. | 10 | |
| 114695847 | New France | French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded in 1608. New France fell to British in 1763. | 11 | |
| 114695848 | Potosi | Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America. | 12 | |
| 114695849 | Pilgrims | Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands. | 13 | |
| 114695850 | Puritans | English Protestant dissenters who believed that God predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. The founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. | 14 | |
| 114695851 | Tupac Amaru II | Member of Inca aristocracy who led a rebellion against Spanish authorities in Peru in 1780-1781. He was captured and executed with his wife and other members of his family. | 15 |
