APUSH - Period 1: 1.05 Flashcards

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Period 1 Flashcards for APUSH - 1.03

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Treaty of Tordesillas

treaty that divided the western hemisphere into two halves, giving one to Spain and the other to Portugal

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Sugarcane

most profitable crop in New Spain

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Encomienda System

Spaniards were given a group of American Indians by the Spanish monarchy for the purpose of labor

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Repartimiento System

stated that thoseliving in native villages were legally free and deserving of compensation for labor

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Potosi Silver Mines

mines located in Bolivia where workers were assigned strenuous jobs

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Atlantic Slave Trade

transport of African slaves to Spanish America

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Middle Passage

very dangerous passage African slaves travelled during the African Slave Trade to arrive at the Americas

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Casta System

class system in which one’s social class was determined by their race

  • Spanish at the top, Africans at the bottom