APUSH SET I

APUSH SET I

Patriarchy

A social system in which men hold authority over women, families, and leadership roles.

Encomienda

A Spanish labor system granting colonists the right to Native labor and tribute in exchange for “protection” and Christianization.

Repartimiento

A colonial labor system requiring Natives to work for the Spanish for part of the year, replacing but still resembling encomienda.

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer sailing for Spain in 1492 who initiated sustained European contact with the Americas.

Juan Ponce de León

Spanish explorer who founded Florida in search of new lands and the mythical Fountain of Youth.

Privateers

Government-licensed pirates authorized to raid enemy ships and colonies.

French Huguenots of Fort Caroline in 1562

French Protestants who attempted to establish a colony in Florida but were defeated by the Spanish.

Pedro Menéndez

Spanish leader who founded St. Augustine in 1565 and destroyed the French Huguenot colony.

Sir Francis Drake

English privateer who raided Spanish treasure fleets and settlements, later knighted by Elizabeth I.

Mestizo

A person of mixed European and Native ancestry in Spanish America.

Mulatto

A person of mixed European and African ancestry in the colonies.