APUSH - Unit 1

Iroquois Confederation

political union between tribes near the Great Lakes and in New York from the 16th century through the American Revolution

Protestant Reformation

Christians in Europe revolted against the Pope’s authority, led to formation of Protestants and a religious motive for expansion

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

A geographical line that split South America between Spain and Portugal

Columbian Exchange

a transfer of plants, animals, and germs from one side of the Atlantic to the other for the first time

encomienda system

Spaniards were granted a tract of land and natives who farmed or mined (similiar to indentured servitude)

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Spanish priest who persuaded the king to institute the New Laws of 1542, ending Native slavery and beginning to end the encomienda system

English treatment of Natives

Initially, they coexisted, traded, and shared ideas, but then the Europeans seized their land.

French policy on Natives

These Europeans viewed Natives as economic and military allies and maintained the best relations out of all the Europeans