Spanish Colonization Flashcards

Flashcards about Spanish Colonization

Convoy System

A system used by Spain to protect merchant ships by having them sail in groups protected by armed vessels.

Encomienda

To entrust. Tianos had to work mining gold and providing food for the Spanish

Spanish

Protected them, taught them Spanish, and converted them to Christianity. Quickly wiped the tainosout as they were assured, poorly treated and overworked

Francis Drake

An English sea captain who raided Spanish towns and ships, stealing gold and valuables.

Nombre de Dios (Panama)

A Spanish town raided by Francis Drake in 1572.

Visita

Agents sent by the Spanish crown to the colonies to monitor and control the government officials.

House of Trade

A Spanish crown establishment that controlled trading in all colonies and collected taxes.

Pirates

Individuals that attack and steal from ships and towns.

Privateers

Individuals under the patronage of a nation that attacked and stole from ships and towns.

Regidores

Members of the cabildo who made administrative decisions.

Council of Indies

The organization created by Spain in 1511 to supervise her colonies; issued legislation and approved expenditures.

Audiencia

A smaller organization set up in the colonies to advise the Governor, hear legal cases, and ensure he carried out his duties.

Las Casas

A priest who became known as the Protector of the Indians. Born August 1474

Cabildo

Spanish governmental system to manage town affairs. Called regideres or magisters

Repartimiento

A division of the Taino people into groups.

Encomienda

A group of Taino people entrusted to a Spanish settler.

Encomienda System

System where Tainos worked for the Spanish in return for protection and conversion to Christianity.

Nicholas de Ovando

They replaced Columbus with him as Governor of Hispaniola in 1502, as the Spanish settlers never obeyed him l. Found that the Tainos and Spanish engaged in warfare

Pope Alexander the VI

Declared that the lands rightfully belonged to Spain.Divided the world into two, a line between the new world and Europe

Treaty of Tordesillas

Divided the world into two between Spain and Portugal in 1494

European disease, executed

Smallpox while others committed suicide.Beaten, dismembered, and executed for being disobedient