APUSH Unit 1 Period 1 ID's

Hernán Cortés

Spanish conquistador who conquered the aztecs in central mexico(1521)

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the incas in peru(1532)

Sir Francis Drake

Fought for the english and attacked spanish ships(looted their gold, silver, and attacked their settlements in peru)

Prince Henry The Navigator

Prince of portugal who founded a sea route to Asia around africa

Bartolome de las casas

Did Not agree with the treatment of natives by europeans although he owned slaves and fought against indians. He got the king to place laws that helped to end native slavery.

Mestizos

A new race between indians and spaniards

Encomienda System

The king made the encomienda system that essentially made it so spanish settlers were given control of natives

Stono Rebellion

In 1739 in south carolina 50 slaves attempted to revolt against the spanish in florida which ended up with 22 whites and 44 blacks dead. this led to the negro act of 1740

Barbados Slave Code

Created of legal backbone for slavery. Stated that must be dressed but also that they didnt have any rights(

****GOOD TO KNOW****

Black slaves outnumbered european colonizers( Especially South Carolina)

Aztecs

created the capital city tenochtitlan(200000 pop.) located in central mexico. after the fall of the mayans the aztecs became the most powerful empire

Line of Demarcation

the line the the pope drew to divide africa and the americas between spain and portugal

Christopher columbus

italian explorer sent by spanish king and queen ferdinand and isabella to find a shorter sea route to asia he mistakenly found the americas which started everything

Spanish caste system

A system implemented to show status based on ancestry

columbian exchange

people from europe and the americas lives irreversibly changed after the exchange of plants, animals, minerals, and diseases

middle passage

the journey when slaves were brought to america through the ocean( 10-15% of the millions of slaves died)