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125161684Dona MarinaCortez's interputer0
125161685MulattoesPeople of African and European descent1
125161686Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)2
125161687Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)3
125161688Mita Systemrecruit workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept4
125161689Seven Years' WarKnown in America as French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions.5
125161690Haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate6
125161691PeninsularesSpanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class7
125161692Indentured Servantscolonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years8
125161693PotosiLocated in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America. (p. 479)9
125161694ViceroysRoyal governors sent by Spain to rule in the King's name.10
125161695MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestory11
125161696Treaty of TordesillasSet the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.12
125161697Conquistadorsspanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain13
125161698Encomienda Systempriviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory14

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