US HISTORY SNAPSHOT
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HIS 141 Course Snapshot- continued Spanish Colonies: Mexico City was the capital of New Spain Conflict with Indians and the British reduced the Spanish presence in Florida New Mexico was isolated from the mainstream of New Spain The Toleration Act: An act passed in 1661 by King Charles II ordering a stop to religious persecution in Massachusetts Redemptioner: Similar to an indentured servant, except that a redemptioner signed a labor contract in America rather than in Europe. Engages: Catholic immigrants to New France Encomienda: in the Spanish colonies, the grant to a Spanish settler of a certain number of Indian subjects, who would pay him tribute in goods and labor. Population Growth north of Mexico: 1700: 290,000 colonists north of Mexico
