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Latin America
South America, settled by the people of Spain and Portugal
line of Demarcation
This was the line drawn by Pope Alexander VI that gave Portugal part of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America
Treaty of Tordesillia
1494 Treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western Hemisphere again
creoles
people of pure Spanish or Portugal decent born in the Americas
mother country
European country
exported
taken out of the colonies
imported
brought into the colonies
donatario
the title that nobles would recieve that they would be able to pass through their family line
viceroy
a governor exercising authority, in place of the king
peninsulares
Spaniards born in Spain
New Laws of 1542
laws to protect mestizos from abuse and enslaving
mestizos
people with Indian and Spanish parents
barrios
Poor neighborhoods
haciendas
large country estates
Old World
Europe
Jacques Cartier
French explorer sent to find riches and route to China
Samuel de Champlain
Major French explorer, discovered Lake Ontario, Huron, and Champlain
Father of New France
Samuel de Champlain
Jamestown
settlement turned into thriving colony by John Smith and Sir T. Dale
cash crops
crops that could be sold for cash or supplies
Pilgrims
Group who founded Plymouth colony in 1620
Puritans
settled Massachusetts Bay(1630)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
settled by the Puritians
established church
recognized and supported by the colony's government
United States of America
North America
War for Independence
delivered colonists from English rule
Constitution
document outlining the pattern of goverment
Simon Bolivar
pushed Spaniards out of Venezuela, leader of revolt of SA colonies against Spanish rule
Antonio Jose de Sucre
Bolivars faithful general
Jose de San Martin
South American general born in Argentina: won independence for Argentina, Peru, and Chile
gauchos
cowboys in Argentina, troops for San Martin
Pedro I
Son and successor of Joao in Brazil; became emperor of independent Brazil.
caudillos
strong men, ruled as dictators
Brazil
Portugal was given this land. It is why the Brazlians speak Protuguese and not Spanish like most of South Am.
Guiana or Guyana
A popular name given to settlements used by many countries settling South Am.
Brazil vs. Portugal
Brazil is about 80 times the size of Portugal. Evan so Portugal controlled Brazil for 300 years.
The Jesuits
Portugal & Spain expelled this group from S. Am. because of the great profits they earned in sugar mills and slaughter houses
African Slaves
Portugal bought African slaves as early as 1441 9 million African slaves were brought to New World.
Resources
Silver and sugar were two major exports of colonial Latin Coffee is a very profitable resource today in S. Am. Coffee plant is originally from Arabia.
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